Re: Recommended debootsrap tutorials
On Fri 14 Dec 2018 at 14:42:53 (+0000), Tixy wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 13:57 +0000, Brian wrote:
> > On Fri 14 Dec 2018 at 04:56:11 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > On 12/13/2018 01:51 PM, deloptes wrote:
> > > > [snip]
> > > > So why not install minimal debian and try removing what you won't
> > > > need.
> > > > I get around 100MBs to be able to do something useful with it.
> > > > There is i.e. Slax (with minimal TDE inkl. GUI) and is about
> > > > 350MB image.
> > > > You can boot your PC and do something useful.
> > > >
> > > > So what is the goal of your exercise? Personal?
> > > >
> > > You might say personal exercise of the cerebral variety.
> > >
> > > As I've said:
> > >
> > > > As some of my interest was focused on finding out just how small
> > > > a
> > > > useful Debian system could be, I was pointed towards debootstrap.
> > > > > I
> > > > didn't have needed background at that time.> ...> My interest has
> > >
> > > been rekindled. I wish to understand debootstrap.
> > > > To that end I do a minimalist bootable Debian installation.
> > >
> > > Debootstrap is powerful. It can be used:
> > > 1. in any Linux
> > > 2. to install any Debian release
> > > 3. to install to any architecture
> >
> > Correct.
> >
> > > Notice a repeated 3-letter word ;}
> > >
> > > The "tutorials" I found tried to be all things to all people.
> >
> > Appendix D.3 in the installer manual doesn't seem to do such a bad
> > job.
> >
> > > Notice a repeated 3-letter word ;}
> > >
> > > Think of my "problem" as an end of course lab practical which might
> > > be
> > > phrased as:
> > > Using you current machine with any Debian debian release
> > > installed
> > > and access to a suitable repository, use dedbootstrap to do a
> > > minimalist [1] bootable install to another partition.
> > >
> > > [1] https://www.thefreedictionary.com/minimalist
> >
> > Mmm. "minimalist" is a moving target. Do I really need both nano and
> > vim.tiny? Why bother with ifupdown when systemd is there or no
> > network
> > is required? Ditto for isc-dhcp-client. libapparmor1, rsyslog,
> > tasksel?
> > I'm fairly sure the machine will boot without any of these present.
>
> Machine will boot with a single init program (could be a shell like
> busybox) that is stored in an initrd. So this minimalist install
> partition would just have /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/initrd.img (or just
> vmlinuz if the initrd was built into the kernel binary).
>
> Of course, this may not meet the functional requirements, but the OP
> hasn't specified any of those, just that they system be 'minimalist'.
… which ensures that there's no "right answer" because the OP doesn't
specify for what purpose this bare minimum is intended, except their
own personal satisfaction.
The OP's mantra is "If retirement isn't for learning, what use is it?"
and this learning requires copious feeding with lists of "tutorials"
suggested by people here. Even the source code doesn't fit their
criteria. I haven't yet figured out why their learning doesn't include
the compilation process itself.
Literature searches are a necessary part of any research that has to
be learnt. Unfortunately, many students these days, from bachelor to
doctorate levels, think that all it entails is a spot of googling for
web links.
Cheers,
David.
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