There's no reason you couldn't strip a system down to that point.
Maintenance without standard tools could be a headache though. SysV init,
for example, uses the default command processor, so you'd have to use a
different bootup process.
For example, Tom's root/boot (www.toms.net/rb) can be configured to your
taste
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> We are all aware of the recent events where Linux-heads have opened up
their
> network appliances and were able to convert them into small PC's. They
often
> attributed their initial success with find a shell waiting for them behind
a
> quick press of the ESC or other key. SO, my thought was, why not include
any
> sort of shell access in the systems. Can anyone tell me if you have a
bootable
> and network-usuable Linux system that has no user commands what-so-ever?
No ls,
> rm, cp, etc... No /bin/bash. Just a *core* system that runs maybe Perl and
a web
> server and the required libs for each. My theory says yes, but I would
like to
> hear what others have to say.
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