[BusyBox] newbie question

[Mark Whitley]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:48:29AM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote:
> On Thu Jun 28, 2001 at 11:15:22AM -0400, John F Davis wrote:
> > 
> > When, I do a make install in the busybox tree, I get a directory which
> > contains:
> >      /bin
> >      /sbin
> >      /usr
> > 
> > I don't get a /etc, /dev/, or /proc filesystem.  Dont you have to have
> > those
> > inorder to have a working system?
> 
> Busybox (by itself) will no give you a fully working system unless you
> statically link it.  You typically need to add in all those other things
> to build a working system.  The things you install depend heavily on what 
> your system is supposed to do.

John, if you want to see an example of a minimal, working system that uses
busybox and uClibc, check out the bootfloppy/ directory in the busybox/ dir.
As the name suggests, you can use it to build a working bootfloppy. If you
just look at the scripts, you can see what's going on and get an idea of
what's needed to make a working system.


HTH,


Mark Whitley
markw at lineo.com