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	BYO Linux Introduction What is BYO Linux? Getting Started Project Log Packages Base System Making space Writing lilo.conf Folders and files SysVinit install Bash install Compiling Statically Glibc install Kernel install GCC-2.95.2 install A few necessities Dynamic install Boot scripts Add-ons Making a new kernel Networking Xwindows install RPM install KDE 2 Linux as a router Apache web server Other Versions of BYO Linux Text Version of BYO Linux


	Packages In order for you to start your own Linux OS, you will have to download the Required Packages for a basic Linux system. You will also require the Statically Compiled Programs for a little later on when we start putting our Linux OS together. The Optional Packages will provide extra functionality to your Linux. I suggest that once you have your basic Linux system working, decide what sort of functionality is required for your Linux and then download the optional packages. It is a common occorance that some of the links are broken. If so, visit www.freshmeat.net and look for a new download location, but make sure you are downloading the same, or if required, download slightly later versions of the software described. autoconf 2.13 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf automake 1.4 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake bash 2.04 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash bin86 0.15.4 at http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday/bin86-0.15.4.tar.gz binutils 2.10 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils bison 1.28 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison bzip2 1.0.1 at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/bzip2/v100 diffutils 2.7 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils e2fsprogs 1.18 at ftp.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/ext2 fileutils 4.0 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/fileutils findutils 4.1.5 at ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu flex 2.5.4a at ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/flex gcc 2.95.2 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc glibc 2.1.3 at ftp.redhat.com/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS glibc-devel 2.1.3 at ftp.redhat.com/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS grep 2.4.2 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep groff 1.16.1 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff gzip 1.2.4a at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip kernel 2.4.0 at www.kernel.org [If experiencing problems, use 2.2.18] ld.so 1.9.9 at ftp.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC less 358 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/less lilo 21.6.1 at ftp.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo m4 1.4 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4 make 3.79.1 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make man 1.5h1 at ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/utils/man mawk 1.3.3 at ftp.whidbey.net/pub/brennan modutils 2.3.17 at ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.3 ncurses 5.1 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses patch 2.5.4 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch perl 5.6.0 at www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.htmll#stable readline 4.1 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline sed 3.02 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed sh-utils 2.0 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sh-utils shadow-20000902 at ftp://piast.t19.ds.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/linux/shadow/ sysvinit 2.78 at ftp.metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/system/daemons/init tar 1.13 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar termcap 1.3 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/termcap texinfo 4.0 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo textutils 2.0 at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/textutils util-linux 2.10 at http://freshmeat.net/projects/util-linux/download/util-linux-2.10r.tar.gz