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 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. 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 ​)  +  ​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 ) 
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-Let's get started... ​ First there is the kernel. +
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-[[The Kernel]] +
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-Then there is the packages needed. +
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-[[Packages]] +
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-The the initramfs building.. +
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-[[The initramfs]] +
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-Next covers combining the two into an elf, ebi, or other executable format. +
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-[[Packaging]] ( Into an .elf, .ebi, and possibly other formats. ( wraplinux ) )+
  
 +Let's get started...\\
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 +[[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.. )
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 +[[elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/​Packaging]] ( Building an .elf, .ebi, and possibly other formats using wraplinux )
 +----
 +\\
 +\\
  
 Joshua McDowell (GPL V2) Joshua McDowell (GPL V2)

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