[pocket-linux] [Fwd: Pocket Linux on a Hard disk]

Thu, 29 May 2003 00:02:28 +0200 (DFT)

I haven't built a hard-disk-based system yet, but I'm working on it. The only problem i have is that the university takes too much of my spare time at the moment :)

> I've been reading/following your guide on building Pocket
> Linux systems and found it much more successful than Linux From Scratch.

I agree completely ;)  Although the LFS-guide is a good general guideline which things you need to get an autonomous system.

> Would I have to install an empty hard disk into the host system? 

AFAIK should any empty partition do the trick

And aside from the Linux kernel, file utilities, device files, and configurations, are there any other essentials that are required for the most minimal foundation to build a
full-fledged Linux system upon?

My idea of building such a system is:
adapt the pocket-linux-guide to get a system running from harddisk (good references what you need / what you should have are at: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ and http://www.linuxbase.org/)

Get gcc running and make an internet-connection (an autonomous system should be able to download and compile everything under itself)

After reaching this level everything should be possible to build without the need of another system.

> I'd appreciate any insight you could give me, thanks :D

Me too, I'm thankful for any suggestion/idea I haven't considered

Greetz Daniel

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