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  From: Benjamin Close <linux@senet.com.au>
  To  : Michael Lunnay <ra@box.net.au>
  Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 16:54:36 +0930 (CST)

Re: minimum start

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Michael Lunnay wrote:

> I have just bought myself a 486 to use as an experimental/learning machine. I was wondering if there were any docs etc on how to set up a linux system from scratch without using a distribution. I basically want to get gcc and a kernel running and then build it all myself from there.
>     Thanks in advance.
> 
> Michael Lunnay

Is thier a distribution howto? :)
(ie. how to start you own)

First things you'll need are a C library, (glic, libc), the dynamicl
linker (ld) and the kernel. Some filesystem creation stuff (mke2) would
also be handy :)

Cheers,
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* Benjamin Close
* Benjsc@senet.com.au
* Web Page: http://users.senet.com.au/~benjsc

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