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Paul
On Mon, 9 May 2005 13:31:53 +0100 (BST) Jeremy Pearson wrote:
I'd like to create a GNU/Linux environment from scratch, in effect creating my own personal distribution, for lots of interesting reasons, but mainly to see what's involved and to further my understanding of how everything works. I suppose I'm a purist (masochist?!) at heart.
I imagine the process would generally be:
1) Boot from Live CD to partition the hard drive 2) Download the kernel source & compile it 3) Add in any necessary device drivers 4) Download goodness-knows-how-many basic GNU tools like "ls", "cat", "more" etc. 5) Install an X server, plus X clients (Gnome, KDE etc) 6) Install all my apps (web broswer, offce software etc.)
I have a spare computer for this, so I can take my time.
Question is, has anyone ever tried doing this, and if so, any tips? And, is this any different to how distros like Gentoo are actually installed? Anyone seen any books/articles on the subject?
Jeremy
Hi Jeremy.
You might like to have a look at the "Linux From Scratch" project. It's not really a distribution in itself, it's more of a "book" on how to create your own. I keep planning on doing it myself, but I never quite get around to it.
Good luck.
Grant.
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