[Devil-Linux-discuss] adding binaries to initial boot process

[John D. <jd...@cp...>]

Hello,  I'm practicing customizing devil-linux, and am not quite sure how to
continue:

I'm wanting to alter the boot-up procedure to auto format a local hard drive
in a certain way automatically during boot, then use one of the partitions
as the configuration store.  I've found how to edit
~/config/etc/initrd/linuxrc, and clear the build flag at
~/tmp/FLAGS/install/create-etc.  I'm successfully rebuilding the iso file,
and my changes are reflected during the new boot.

The problem is that during the boot process, I don't have access to two
utilities I need: sfdisk, and mkfs.ext2.

What is the 'correct' way to get those binaries to find their way into a
place accessible during boot.  Am I wanting to see them show up in
~/tmp/ISO/initrdtree/bin?  Where do I make a change to have them show up
there?

Also, if anyone thinks I'm going to run into some dependency problems with
those binaries, other suggestions are welcome.

Thank you for any help you can provide.

-John Dailey