Re: [linuxdc-dev] Further Reading

[Mike B. <mik...@ho...>]

    I'm up for a discussion on rolling-your-own distro.  I'm one of the
folks in the process of doing just that.  It would be helpful for me to hear
how other folks are using the DC kernel and what their environment looks
like.
    I'm currently running a CD with dcload-ip on it along with an ISO
filesystem of debian tools.  I boot my kernel + sh_boot using dcload.  I've
linked /lib and /usr from the gdrom to my ramdisk.  I can boot, configure
the network and run various shells and tools.  Next item for me is to get
the puppy networked so I can telnet in and also NFS mount my other boxes.
    Thanks for the pointers on building from scratch.

-mike


----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Othieno" <art...@gm...>
To: "LOCKE, Jonathan -Syntegra UK" <Jon...@sy...>
Cc: <lin...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [linuxdc-dev] Further Reading


> Hello John,
>
> If, as you have stated, are interested in rolling your own distro, you
> might want to take a look at the Linux from Scratch project
> (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/) where you'll find the resources
> (mainly documentation) that you might need to get going.
>
> TLDP also has some helpful documentation although I can not specify what
> exactly you might find useful for your purpose off the top of my head,
> but, the From-Power-up-to-Bash-Prompt HOWTO may provide a useful insight
> - it did for me some time back ;) And last but not least...
>
> I've noticed a number of people on this list and probably elsewhere are
> currently or planning to roll their own distros. I was thinking,
> wouldn't it be a good (or even better) idea if we as a community put all
> this effort and ideas together to roll a standard distribution for the
> DC? Possibly by building on top of and taking ideas from already
> existing ones (Debian, Gentoo, et al)? I'm not sure whether this topic
> has been touched on before, or maybe it hasn't? But I just want to know
> what you think of it, that's all :)
>
> And congratulations to everyone involved on the soon-to-be-fully-revived
> website (can't wait to see what it holds beneath):)
>
> Arthur
>
> LOCKE, Jonathan -Syntegra UK wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm currently looking at Bill Gatliff's 'Running linux on the Sega Dream
> > Cast' article and 'linux from scratch', with a view to building my own
> > distro.
> >
> > I'd like to be able to use ppp/tcpip to connect to my linux workstation
> > through the serial coders cable that I have made and run CPPvm/PVM on
> > the dream cast.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest any further reading that may be of help to me or has
> > anyone had experiences of building a similar distro?
> >
> > Thanks Jon.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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