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Buttchereit, Axel (XLsigned) wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> is anyone (beside of me) working on this subject? |
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> My idea/ambition is to substitute MS-DOS-based (initial) os-setup-procedures |
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> (for x86 systems) by some kind of "gentoo-mini-linux" that ist based on a |
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> current (2.6.9++) linux kernel and a root-filesystem consisting of uClibc, |
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> busybox, udev, hotplug/coldplug, *fsutils, smb/nfs, ... |
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> Installation/Setup should be initiated by PXE (PXEGRUB/PXELINUX) that loads |
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> the kernel and root-filesystem into a ramdisk. |
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> After partitioning of disks either a win32-setup could be started or |
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> a gentoo-installation (GLI?). |
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> I have already tried "gentoo genkernel" and found out that I have to |
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> change a lot/too much... |
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> At the moment I'm using a manual configured 2.6.9-gentoo-r4-kernel |
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> (with lots of modules for Network and Storage access) and a customized |
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> "buildroot" (from Erik Andersen, www.uclibc.org). |
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> I've already managed to add the kernel-modules to the "buildroot"-root_fs, |
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> to load kernel modules (for NICs), to run fdisk, and to mount nfs-volumes |
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> after booting my test machine (DHCP/TFTP -> PXEGRUB -> kernel+initrd -> busybox). |
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> Now for my (open) questions: |
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> 1. "buildroot" obviously does not provide a "fully featured" root-fs for |
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> kernel-2.6, i. e. with udev, hotplug/coldplug. |
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> Anyone out there with experience on that? |
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> 2. ntfsutils, smb, ... are not available in current "buildroot". |
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> Anyone out there that has integrated this into "buildroot" already? |
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> (or rather compiled/linked against uClibc manually) |
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> 3. "buildroot" uses its own "package management" for downloading and |
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> compiling of sources. |
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> Is it possible to benefit from "gentoo-portage" and do (a kind of) |
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> cross-compiling and linking against uClibc? |
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What exactly are you trying to accomplish with all of this? |
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Andrew Gaffney |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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Installer Project |
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