[Novalug] Kernel-up Linux distro build

James Ewing Cottrell III JECottrell3@Comcast.NET
Mon Oct 14 11:40:42 EDT 2013


I'd say that this is indeed a Rite of Passage, but don't get your hopes 
up too high. They could have explored what was really going on with the 
compiler configuration and the bootstrapping process, but instead they 
focused more on what it takes to get the job done.

Plus, the emphasis is on telling you exactly what commands to type, 
rather than encapsulating them in a shell script or a Makefile, so you 
have to cut and paste with a mouse.

What you get is similar to a Red Hat 9 minimal install.

There is a BLFS, where the B stands for Beyond, and perhaps they build X 
and/or some more interesting stuff.

So Do It, and Learn What You Can.

JIM

On 10/14/2013 7:34 AM, Brandon Saxe wrote:
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> *From: * Morrie L C <morrison_constable@hotmail.com>;
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> *Subject: * [Novalug] Kernel-up Linux distro build
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> Hi again all,
>
> For a while now I have wanted to build a Linux distro from the Kernel
> up, to gain fundamental knowledge of how Linux operates at many
> different complexity levels.
>
> I guess the first reason I thought of this, was to create a very secure
> distro, by only installing components of a distro that were needed for
> whatever specialist and limited function it was to be used for.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this / can recommend any online
> resources they could point me to?
>
> Thanks!
> Morrison
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