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38 lines
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# Minimal Linux Script
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One script which generates fully functional live Linux ISO image with minimal effort (less than 40 lines of code). This is based on the first published version of [Minimal Linux Live](http://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal) with some minor improvements taken from the next releases. All comments and empty lines have been removed and the script has been modified to reduce the overall length.
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The script below uses **Linux kernel 4.6.2** and **BusyBox 1.24.2**. The source bundles are downloaded and compiled automatically. If you are using [Ubuntu](http://ubuntu.com) or [Linux Mint](http://linuxmint.com), you should be able to resolve all build dependencies by executing the following command:
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sudo apt-get install wget bc build-essential gawk syslinux genisoimage
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After that simply run the below script. It doesn't require root privileges. In the end you should have a bootable ISO image named `minimal_linux_live.iso` in the same directory where you executed the script.
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wget http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.6.2.tar.xz
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tar -xvf linux-4.6.2.tar.xz
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cd linux-4.6.2
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make mrproper defconfig bzImage
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cd ..
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wget http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.24.2.tar.bz2
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tar -xvf busybox-1.24.2.tar.bz2
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cd busybox-1.24.2
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make distclean defconfig
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sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_STATIC.*/CONFIG_STATIC=y/" .config
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make busybox install
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cd _install
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rm -f linuxrc
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mkdir dev proc sys
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echo '#!/bin/sh' > init
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echo 'dmesg -n 1' >> init
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echo 'mount -t devtmpfs none /dev' >> init
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echo 'mount -t proc none /proc' >> init
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echo 'mount -t sysfs none /sys' >> init
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echo 'setsid cttyhack /bin/sh' >> init
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chmod +x init
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find . | cpio -H newc -o | gzip > ../../rootfs.cpio.gz
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cd ../../linux-4.6.2
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make isoimage FDINITRD=../rootfs.cpio.gz
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cp arch/x86/boot/image.iso ../minimal_linux_live.iso
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cd ..
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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.
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