Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Mike Frisch <mikef17@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] creating the base system
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:59:03
Message-Id: bfebcfc70604120858j1f3e7bd2hd3787e5b474becf5@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-embedded] creating the base system by "Lutz Schönemann"
1 On 4/12/06, Lutz Schönemann <lutz.schoenemann@××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
2 > now I got my system to start GRUB. Now I have the problem how to build a
3 > small system that runs a firefox with support for java-applets. Is there
4 > a way to build a gentoo base-system without things like gcc and other
5 > dev-tools? I realy only need a firefox with java and not a full featured
6 > linux.
7
8 Have you looked at the TinyGentoo wiki entry
9 (http://gentoo-wiki.com/TinyGentoo)?
10
11 It shows a technique for building a Gentoo distribution without the
12 dev tools and libs.
13
14 Failing that, you could always manually copy the required files out of
15 an existing installation (or chroot environment as described in
16 TinyGentoo). That's what I've been doing for my project.
17
18 --
19 gentoo-embedded@g.o mailing list