Hello: Thank you for all who hinted me on the issue of "Debian From Scratch", i.e. the problems of building a small size linux system. This following are cuts and paste from Here, There, and EveryWhere.
First of all, the Debian Rescue/Install system **IS** a small size linux system (ca. 2.5 Mbytes); unfortunately I could not find the HOWTO for building that system. Furthermore, I could not find the "BusyBox" packet. Is it hidden somewhere? Has anyone tried to modify /etc/alternatives with the BusyBox? Next, the standard modules library more than 10 Mbytes. Second, although the developers hinted that LRP was based on Debian; it is not so clear on how they have exactly built the LRP ( from .orig.tar.gz/diff files, or from striping the .deb packages, or perhaps both -- see also http://master-beta.linuxrouter.org:8080/faq/LRP-FAQ-1.html#ss1.1 http://master-beta.linuxrouter.org:8080/faq/LRP-FAQ-4.html#ss4.4 http://master-beta.linuxrouter.org:8080/faq/LRP-FAQ-4.html#ss4.7 http://master-beta.linuxrouter.org:8080/faq/LRP-FAQ-4.html#ss4.2 ) But, the best clue was http://master-beta.linuxrouter.org:8080/faq/LRP-FAQ-3.html#ss3.4 3.4 How do I make an LRP kernel from a 'normal' kernel ? [...] Don't underestimate the manual work you'll find you have to do. If you give up, send Dave a postcard for fixing all the diffs for you :) [...] In regard of how to setup a system with "chroot" (from another thread in Debian-User), I have visited: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/faq.html (A note from Patrick Kirk: ... It didn't work for me when I took a look at it. The ports seem to fail, the usergroup unresponsive and I actually feel warm and fuzzy about Debian. But the chroot build instructions are exactly what you need...). A note from Karsten M. Self: - Dedicate partition(s) to the Debian install. Depending on how far you plan to progress, give that 120MB - multiple GB. - Untar the base tarball into this partition. You'll find this in section 5.5.4 of the Installing Debian guide: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html - Explore the results, if it looks like you've got a good system, chroot into it running bash: $ cd /debian-install $ chroot . bin/bash - You'll have to do some stuff manually for starters, but you should be able to apt-get or dselect the additional packages you require. -- Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim - VLSM-TJT - http://rms46.vlsm.org --- Robert T. Kiyosaki is a cruel pathetic Dad! ----------
