it keeps looking easier all the time. but really, my goals with LFS are in this order of importance :
1. learn about linux 2. get a distro i am happy with 3. learn how to make a distro my way 4. actually make a distro if the first two are satisfied, i will proceed on to making my own distro. i'm sure it'll be rewarding, i just don't want to invest all my time into it. distributing the workload is sounding better all the time. and thanks. i'll look into the bootable CD. maybe all i need is to make the LFS system a CD. then all the installer has to do is copy the system to the hard drive and hook everything up. > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux Rocks ! [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [EUG-LUG:535] Re: naive distro (was : Re: naive distro > questions) > > > Justin, > It sounds like your off to a good start... It may not > be as difficult to > make your own distro as you think... For making a bootable > cd, (ie eltorito), > you use a boot image when making your cd, its basicly just a > tar of a tiny > filesystem that runs in memory. There are many examples of > such things. toms > root boot for example is a single bootable floppy disk. a > slackware root disk > is a compressed filesystem. The SuSE 7.3 eval disk we gave > out at the last > eugeneexpo is infact a bootable cdrom, ( it will find a > windows partition and > save config files to it, but the rest runs right from the cd. > You might want > to check it out to see what you can do... Slackware also has > had in the past > (not sure about current) a live filesystem cd that comes with > the distro, its > runs right from the cd, and doesnt install any files onto the > hard disk... > > Jamie >
