From c6ad00f81b5d47accf18cb4b76a5390116ef893a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ivan Davidov Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:59:06 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation update --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8a074561c..21af923a7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -33,3 +33,13 @@ After that simply run the below script. It doesn't require root privileges. In t cd .. Note that this produces very small live Linux OS with working shell only. The network support has been implemented properly in the [Minimal Linux Live](http://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal) project which is extensively documented and more feature rich, yet still produces very small live Linux ISO image. + +**EDIT: 23-Sep-2016** + +The line `make isoimage FDINITRD=../rootfs.cpio.gz` may not work on your machine (and the ISO image will fail to boot) due to well known issues with Sysinux 5.x and the kernel's Makefile which doesn't support the Syslinux 5.x file dependencies. This is why in Minimal Linux Live the ISO generation process has been redesigned from scratch. + +There is existing patch for the kernel's Makefile. Take a look here: + +https://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal/issues/10 + +The ISO generation issue along with proper solution for it has been described in more details in the document [The DAO of Minimal Linnux Live Live](https://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal/blob/master/src/the_dao_of_minimal_linux_live.txt).