Building A Linux Distro Help!!!

steve8679 · 01-15-2006, 02:29 AM

Hi All,

Can anyone please help me as i am trying to build a linux distro.
I have spent hours and hours googling and have not found anything.

I have tried linux from scratch, But i want an rpm based system.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for a tutorial or howto ?

I dont mind if it is based on redhat i just need a little help.

Please help

Thanks
Steve

acid_kewpie · 01-15-2006, 02:58 AM

you can install rpm on top of LFS if you want, that's the whole point of it, it will do whatever you want it to do.

steve8679 · 01-15-2006, 08:12 PM

Thanks for the reply,

I will look into the rpm for LFS.

Is there any tutorials for rebuilding redhat or the likes into a base for my own distro ?

Thanks
Steve

acid_kewpie · 01-16-2006, 05:39 AM

well what do you want to do with it?

steve8679 · 01-16-2006, 05:06 PM

Hi Chris,

I want to make a desktop OS that only has basic packages,
then the user can decide if they want more packages to then install them at will.

I know that there are probably distro's around that already do this with custom installs.

However i would like to learn how you actualy make a distro (other than compiling from source)

any ideas ?

Thanks
Steve

steve8679 · 01-18-2006, 03:11 AM

Does anyone have any ideas how to make an rpm based distro ?

ctkroeker · 01-21-2006, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve8679

Does anyone have any ideas how to make an rpm based distro ?

I don't, but I'd like to ask exactly how much you know abou this? Have you searched, read tutorials on LFS, etc?

steve8679 · 01-21-2006, 04:50 PM

Hi ctkroeker,

Yes i have gone right into LFS. I have built a distro from LFS but the problem is being able to re-distribute the OS after i have done.

I have got it as far as a Shell and xorg server, but i want to give it to my friends and possibly (if its any good) put it on my site for anyone to download

But im not sure where to go for the information.

I thought about rpm based system as it will be easyer for the end user to install software.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Steve

italiano40 · 01-27-2006, 03:00 PM

don't even try
i build a linux in a 1 year
and it was crap
it crash
it was hard
i made a media edition

Chaosbringer · 01-31-2006, 08:56 AM

that was nice....(not much help)
This however seems interesting, for i too plan on building a linux distro once i get comfortable with the enviroment.