On Sun, 26 May 2002, Lorry wrote:

> 
> You need another linux distro because it resolves circular dependencies.
> Unless your windows has bash and gcc, you need a linux distro.  :)
> I'm doing a Linux From Scratch as we speak, so if you don't mind waiting I
> can let you know how it goes.  I'd probably recommend installing Slack or
> Debian and tinkering with it for a bit before doing LFS, if you aren't used
> to UNIX commands.  The LFS documentation appears to be really great, but if
> you don't know what cd and ln do, it might be a little confusing.  If you
> do know UNIX commands, go ahead and dive in.  :)

Although I have basic knowledge of and experience with Linux, I still need MUUUUUUCH more practice in order to come out of LFS with a good, working Linux system. (Not to mention good, working sanity as well. =))

I seem to be hearing a lot of good things about slack from you guys, so I'm going to go ahead and give it a try.

BTW, have any of you ever had trouble with corrupt ISO images from slack? The last time I tried slack (version 7.0, I believe.) by d/ling the isos, it would complain about missing packages during the install process. Anyone have any ideas about this?

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