[ale] Roll your own distro...

[Brian J. Dowd]

I've heard of Knoppix, but haven't used it.
Sounds like just what I need (esp. the networking). Thanks!
-Brian

>>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.
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>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.
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>But as you've already figured out, all systems have to be bootstrapped
>somehow. Knoppix gives you a full fledged environment to do so.
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>BAJ
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>>-Brian
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>>>On Thursday 24 July 2003 11:59, Brian J. Dowd wrote:
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>>>>Can anyone point me in the right direction for information
>>>>on the sequence of steps required to create a de-novo distro *without*
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>>>>B) first installing another Linux distro on the HD (a la LFS)
>>>>and running it while building the new distro on a new partition?
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>>>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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