[ale] Roll your own distro...

[Byron A Jeff]

> 
> I agree with your comments, as I didn't explain clearly in my first post 
> that
> I will accept a floppy image (I'm using Tom's Root Boot disk, now) or 
> mounted CD Linux
> as the basis for the build.
> I just don't want anything on the HD except pristine code (such as 
> gnu.org or kernel.org, etc. code)
> which I have downloaded. I don't want anything from any other distro's site.

Then you really would want to use Knoppix since it gives you a full distro
with compilers to work with. And it runs completely off of CD without
putting anything on the HD unless you specify it. Also you get networking
auto configured so that you can pull stuff down.

But as you've already figured out, all systems have to be bootstrapped
somehow. Knoppix gives you a full fledged environment to do so.

BAJ

> -Brian
> 
> >On Thursday 24 July 2003 11:59, Brian J. Dowd wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Can anyone point me in the right direction for information
> >>on the sequence of steps required to create a de-novo distro *without*
> >>    
> >>
> ><snip>
> >  
> >
> >>B) first installing another Linux distro on the HD (a la LFS)
> >>and running it while building the new distro on a new partition?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >By ruling out this step, you've pretty much brought your project to a 
> >screeching halt. You have to have some kind of OS there and Linux programs 
> >usually build easier on...well, Linux. If you insist that it not be Linux, 
> >then use a BSD to build. If you insist that it not even be "Linuxy", use 
> >Solaris on Intel with the GNU tools. 
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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