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appnotes:elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto [2009/04/22 12:03]
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 A howto guide to building the kernel initramfs and bundling those into one .ebi or .elf file using wraplinux. A howto guide to building the kernel initramfs and bundling those into one .ebi or .elf file using wraplinux.
-This document is and will be for some time, a work in progress. ​ I plan to include any scripts and related items that are generated, and to explain things as best I can.  Over time, I hope this document reaches an point of simplicity that can only be duplicated, not surpassed. ​ This document is focused around 2.6 Kernels, although it would probably work on 2.4 kernels, I do not have the need nor the time to try.<​br>​ +This document is and will be for some time, a work in progress. ​ I plan to include any scripts and related items that are generated, and to explain things as best I can.  Over time, I hope this document reaches an point of simplicity that can only be duplicated, not surpassed. ​ This document is focused around 2.6 Kernels, although it would probably work on 2.4 kernels, I do not have the need nor the time to try.
-For the sake of keeping things sane, I will outline a working directory structure that puts everything in the root directory, in a folder named "​scratch"​. ( /scratch ) +
  
-[[The Kernel]]+  For the sake of keeping things sane, I will outline a working directory structure that puts everything in the root directory, in a folder named "​scratch"​. ( /scratch ) 
  
-[[The initramfs]]+Let's get started...\\ 
 +\\ 
 +---- 
 +[[elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/​The Kernel]] ( Kernel .config settings, building, etc. ) 
 +---- 
 +[[elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/​Packages]] ( Packages needed, dhclient, switchroot, etc..) 
 +---- 
 +[[elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/​The initramfs]] ( initramfs building, linuxrc, etc.. ) 
 +---- 
 +[[elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/​Packaging]] ( Building an .elf, .ebi, and possibly other formats using wraplinux ) 
 +---- 
 +\\ 
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-[[Packaging]] ​Into an .elf, .ebi, and possibly other formats. ( wraplinux ) ) +Joshua McDowell ​(GPL V2)
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