Re: [Trinux-talk] Sources

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

> 1) All of the original code I've seen evidence of in Trinux are in shell
> scripts, so in a way you already have the source but just don't know it.

Yes.

>
> 2) Much of this is actually stored in a compressed minux file system on
> the boot disk -- initrd.gz.  You can poke around this / modify it by
> using the loop back device.  Let me know if you don't know how to do
> this and I'll find the applicable HOWTO for you.  I think Matt also has
> a copy of this in a variety of formats under the "bleeding edge" link on
> the site.

Yes, see http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/initrd/ for the latest builds.
Actually, they are reasonably stable.

> 3) The kernel is straight from Linus' Linux sources.

Yes

> 4) The config files for the kernel can be found the web site, at
> http://trinux.sourceforge.net/kernel/2.4.13/.  Note that this is for
> 2.4.13, and 2.4.5 is the kernel that the current boot disks use.
> I don't think it makes too much difference, though... I wanted to use
> the modified Mandrake stock kernel 2.4.8 (it has XFS and other goodies)
> and with a little hacking I got it to compile and it works great.

Right

> 5) The packages are mostly binaries, but in most cases you can get the
> sources directly from the maintainer of the original software.

Most of the links to the originals are at http://trinux.sf.net/tools.html

> 6) There's an ISO script in the download section on sourceforge which
> automates creating a CD ROM.
>
> So, if you are interested in making your new system from scratch, I think
> you've got a great example here.  The only things I can see that might
> be missing are:
>
> 1) Any scripts Matt may have done to automate the packaging process.

see http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/devtools/ for mkpkg (package)
building) and mkrd (initrd)

> 2) Any patches that may have been needed to packages

Most of the stuff compiled pretty cleanly.

> 3) I don't know what was involved in some of the base packages like the
> libraries, etc.

Everything was compiled on Slackware 7.1 (glibc2.1.3) If the libraries
were part of the install I used them. However, other stuff like libpcap,
libnet, openssl, and who knows what else I compiled myself.

-mdf