Linux from Scratch Damn Small Linux --- On Tue, 2/23/10, David Hilton <[email protected]> wrote:
From: David Hilton <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [uug] Stripping a Linux System To: "BYU Unix Users Group" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 2:25 AM On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:35 PM, AJ ONeal <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to build a bare-bones linux system with the kernel, bash (and > niceties), and ruby. > The goal is to get the system under 100mb. > What would be a good place to start? > It seems that if I were to use Gentoo I could be very selective in getting > just what I need, but I'd have a bunch of source and headers left over that > I wouldn't know how to get rid of correctly. > Would it just be a few directories that I would need to delete before > putting the system in production? Copy the final image before deleting anything, and then have a rm -Rf party. du -sh * will be your friend. Really, most things are in just a few locations, but 100 MB is a pretty slim goal. LFS might be another good option (never used it, though). Come to think of it, what's wrong with DSL and such? David -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
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