Am Sonntag, 29. Juni 2014, 11:54:32 schrieb Gideon D'souza: > hey guys, Hi Gideon,
> I generally manage to understand the various pieces of the linux > kernel and what their functions are. > > However, one thing I don't fully understand is how is any OS, say > fedora (which is what I use) is bound to the kernel. > > Lets say I want to just build a system on top of linux that boots and > keeps printing hello world to the screen. When the user presses a key > it exits. > > How would I begin to do this? What should I read or look at? > > I'm guessing it's a two part thing right, one I need to somehow tell > the kernel what to do after booting, and second I'll have to tell the > kernel what the screen is ? Where would I find more information about > this? > > Note: I actually want to make the program I described so tips on how > to play with grub to get the whole thing to work would also be > helpful. Look for init= kernel parameter (there is a kernel-parameter documentation file in kernel doc drawer). And I suggest looking through things like Linux From Scratch. I am not sure how useful this is to your case. Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/