mini-linux-distro

A minimal linux distribution for fun and education in order to learn how to build and bootstrap a "minimal linux distribution".

directory structure

• 00_hello_world - the first try with a linux kernel and simple init program
• 01_make - an improved make process to streamline the build with the same kernel and init program
• 02_musl_libc - building init with musl libc
• 03_busybox - exchanging the init program with a busybox statically build binary
• 04_toybox - same like 03_busybox but with toybox. still with a few busybox leftovers..
• 05_make_root - only linux and toybox, mkroot from toybox's make root command for initramfs creation

usage

cd 01_make
make help
make build
make package
make run

dependencies

which you have to provide to build everything

• some linux / docker container / ...
• make
• gcc
• musl-libc

which will be downloaded

• linux
• busybox
• toybox