Allen Rohner wrote:
I have been a Gentoo user for several years, but this is my first step
into gentoo development. I'm looking at the feasability of using
gentoo for a product at work. Is it possible to use a Gentoo host
machine to create a linux 'image' (ramdisk/ext2fs/iso) that does not
contain portage or gcc? I have looked at several embedded gentoo web
pages, and am familiar with the "ROOT=/opt/image emerge busybox
dropbear" type command line, but all of the examples I've seen create
a portage tree on the image. Additionally, getting past bootstrap.sh
is painful.
I am looking to use Gentoo to create a standard x86 environment
complete with apache and X, but with no gcc or portage on the target
machine. Additionally, use the same technique to cross-compile to a
ppc embedded system.
Is this possible? Is it a good idea?
Thanks,
Allen Rohner
dev-util/catalyst is the tool used to build Gentoo's official LiveCDs.
Despite being ~arch, >=catalyst-2 works fairly well as far as I know.
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