[rescue] roll your own linux

[Christian J Hedemark]

Robert Novak said:
> Is there a feasible way to install Linux without a distribution? I'm
> pretty sure you can't bootstrap from pure source, unless your BIOS is much
> more powerful than anything I've ever used.
>
> I guess the closest you can get is what Bill referred to... minimal/custom
> install of a distribution (regardless of OS), bootstrap gcc and
> binutils(?), then rebuild everything you can get source for (easier for
> Linux/*BSD than for Solaris/Ultrix/HPUX/Irix/Dynix/DGUX/Tru64/OSF1/etc...)

Actually you can get somewhere in between.  Roll your own linux!

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/