 | Level: Intermediate Peter Seebach , Freelance author, Plethora.net
12 Aug 2008 Learn how to build a custom Linux® distribution to use in an embedded
environment, in this case to drive a Technologic Systems TS-7800 single-board
computer. In this tutorial, you learn about cross-compiling, the boot loader, file systems,
the root file system, disk images, and the boot process, all with respect to
the decisions you make as you're building the system and creating
the distribution.
In this tutorial
- Discussion of cross-compilation issues
- Review of the components of a Linux system and how they are
put together
- Detailed steps for building, installing, and configuring the target system
Objectives
This tutorial shows you how to install Linux on a target
system. Not a prebuilt Linux distribution, but your own, built from
scratch. While the details of the procedure necessarily vary from one
target to another, the same general principles apply. The result of this tutorial
(if you have a suitable target) is a
functional Linux system you can get a shell prompt on.
Prerequisites
Developers who are interested in targeting
embedded systems, or who just want to learn more about what Linux
systems are like under the hood, will get the most out of this
tutorial. Readers are assumed to have basic
familiarity with UNIX® or Linux system administration issues.
System requirements
The
tutorial assumes root access to a host system.
The host environment used for the tutorial is Ubuntu,
but other systems work as well. This tutorial assumes that your shell is a Bourne shell derivative; if
you use a C shell derivative, the prompt will probably look different,
and you will need to use different commands to set environment
variables.
Duration
More than 2 hours
Formats html, pdf
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