This document is copyright (c) 1999, 2000 Greg O'Keefe. You are welcome to use, copy, distribute or modify it, without charge, under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence. Please acknowledge me if you use all or part of this in another document.
The lastest version of this document lives at From Powerup To Bash Prompt as does its companion ``Building a Minimal Linux System from Source Code''.
There is a French translation at From Powerup To Bash Prompt thanks to Dominique van den Broeck. A Japanese by Yuji Senda is coming soon, if it's not at Japanese Documentation and FAQ Project already.
I would like to hear any comments, criticisms and suggestions for improvement that you have. Please send them to me
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There are some people I want to say thanks to, for helping to make this happen.
For reminding me about Unios.
For some good clues about /etc/passwd
Who sussed out that syslogd needs /etc/services, and introduced me to the phrase ``rolling your own'' to describe building a system from source code.
For bringing Vico and his ``verum ipsum factum'' (understanding arises through making) to my attention.
For correcting my hexidecimal arithmetic.
For pointing out some typos.
For contributing some ``ramblings'' about the kernel deamons.
For translating this doc into French.
For some good information about kernel deamons.
For some good information about kernel deamons.
For the Japanese translation.
For contributing a GNU assembler version of UNIOS (see resources section on the home page)
/proc filesystem.