Re: Linux distro request

On Apr 9, 2:59 pm, Frank Kotler <fbkot...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Now the other one you recommended, Linux from Scratch, appeared at first to
just be a how to book. But, if you click LiveCD and then "download" (it
switches between a number of "download" pages, that's odd...), it had .iso's
for a LiveCD. I tried lfslivecd-x86-6.3-r2145-min.iso under QEMU (very
slow), but had _many_ of the things I listed!! Bootable CD, current GCC,
current Kernel, had C includes, actual fdisk etc., compiled for 486, no
/dev/hdx or /dev/cdrom in /etc/fstab.

I suppose they "work through the examples" of how this live CD was
created. If you *have* to "roll your own", you *can*.

I didn't see anything in the book about creating a live CD (maybe I
haven't looked in the right place?). The LFS CD images are intended
to provide all the source code needed during the build -- so that you
can skip the step of downloading all those tarballs individually. In
the case of the LiveCD images, they also function as the "build
environment" since LFS requires a Linux-based host in order to conduct
the build.

There was a gizmo in... "Vector" Linux (a "cut down" Slackware), which
allowed me to boot an installation disk straight from the .iso, without
having to burn it to a "coaster". I *think* that's where I saw it. IIRC,

Anvin has that "covered" here:
http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Boot_an_Iso_image

[do these things reflect enough sunlight to build a "solar furnace" from
an array of 'em? I envision 'em being supported around the edge and
pulled into a slightly "parabolic" shape from the center... doubt if
they're actually reflective enough for that...]

Target practice is a better usage. If it doesn't break, you "know" it
is because your bullet passed through the hole in the center! :-)

Next try was a "custom install". You can create a "minimal" system even
from an "everything but the kitchen sink" distro. For example, there's
more to gcc than gcc! Support for C++, Java, Ada, and god knows what
else are separate packages from the "base" gcc package (they're all
"huge", IMO). Same with most of it. There are "dependencies", of course..

The "custom install" for Red Hat 7.2 was EXTREMELY flexible in this
manner. I do not know if the Fedora project has continued this
practice... but it might be something to look into.

At the extreme end of the spectrum, there's that "alinux" distro which
uses the "asmutils" utilities. A one-floppy job, but a little *too*
spartan to be useful... except as a "proof of concept", perhaps.

I've looked at Tom's Root-Boot and I believe it shouldn't be too
difficult to "shoehorn" asmutils into it. NASM could be added and
would work as long as the programmer used Herbert's method of
generating the binary directly.

Or, if we remove the "single floppy" requirement, we could add the
needed GCC items, add AsmIDE, etc... and we'd have "alinux" on
steroids! :)

Nathan.
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