Moved the stable 'glibc-busybox' scripts from the experimental folder to the root script folder. Removed the 'experimental' folder because the DNS resolving issue has been fixed. Added website information about the '03-Apr-2016' release.

src/.config

@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@
 #
 # http://kernel.org
 #
-KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.1.6.tar.xz
+KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.4.6.tar.xz
+
+# You can find the latest GNU libc source bundles here:
+#
+# http://gnu.org/software/libc
+#
+GLIBC_SOURCE_URL=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.23.tar.bz2
 
 # You can find the latest BusyBox source bundles here:
 #
 # http://busybox.net
 #
-BUSYBOX_SOURCE_URL=http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.23.2.tar.bz2
+BUSYBOX_SOURCE_URL=http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.24.2.tar.bz2
 

src/0_prepare.sh

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm -rf work
-mkdir work
-
-# -p stops errors if the directory already exists
-mkdir -p source
-

src/1_get_kernel.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i KERNEL_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading kernel file
-# -c option allows the download to resume
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted kernel
-rm -rf ../work/kernel
-mkdir ../work/kernel
-
-# Extract kernel to folder 'work/kernel'
-# Full path will be something like 'work/kernel/linux-3.16.1'
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/kernel
-
-cd ..
-

src/2_build_kernel.sh

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/kernel
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'linux-3.18.6'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Cleans up the kernel sources, including configuration files
-make mrproper
-
-# Create a default configuration file for the kernel
-make defconfig
-
-# Changes the name of the system
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME.*/CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME=\"minimal\"/" .config
-
-# Compile the kernel with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors"
-# Good explanation of the different kernels
-# http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5518/what-is-the-difference-between-the-following-kernel-makefile-terms-vmlinux-vmlinux
-make bzImage -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/3_get_busybox.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i BUSYBOX_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading busybox source
-# -c option allows the download to resume
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted busybox
-rm -rf ../work/busybox
-mkdir ../work/busybox
-
-# Extract busybox to folder 'busybox'
-# Full path will be something like 'work/busybox/busybox-1.23.1'
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/busybox
-
-cd ..
-

src/4_build_busybox.sh

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/busybox
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'busybox-1.23.1'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Remove previously generated artefacts
-make clean
-
-# Create a default configuration file
-make defconfig
-
-# Change the configuration, so that busybox is statically compiled
-# You could do this manually with 'make menuconfig'
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_STATIC.*/CONFIG_STATIC=y/" .config
-
-# Busybox has "RPC networking" enabled in default configuration file.
-# In glibc > 2.14 such support was removed by default.
-# http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-June/055173.html
-# It causes failures on glibc toolchains without RPC support.
-sed -e 's/.*CONFIG_FEATURE_HAVE_RPC.*/CONFIG_FEATURE_HAVE_RPC=n/' -i .config
-sed -e 's/.*CONFIG_FEATURE_INETD_RPC.*/CONFIG_FEATURE_INETD_RPC=n/' -i .config
-
-# Compile busybox with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors"
-make busybox -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-# Create the symlinks for busybox
-# It uses the file 'busybox.links' for this
-make install
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/5_generate_rootfs.sh

@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work
-
-rm -rf rootfs
-
-cd busybox
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Copy all BusyBox generated stuff to the location of our "initramfs" folder.
-cp -R _install ../../rootfs
-cd ../../rootfs
-
-# Remove "linuxrc" which is used when we boot in "RAM disk" mode. 
-rm -f linuxrc
-
-# Create root FS folders
-mkdir dev
-mkdir etc
-mkdir proc
-mkdir root
-mkdir src
-mkdir sys
-mkdir tmp
-
-# "1" means that only the owner of a file/directory (or root) can remove it.
-chmod 1777 tmp
-
-cd etc
-
-# The script "/etc/bootscript.sh" is automatically executed as part of the
-# "init" proess. We suppress most kernel messages, mount all crytical file
-# systems, loop through all available network devices and we configure them
-# through DHCP.
-cat > bootscript.sh << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-
-dmesg -n 1
-mount -t devtmpfs none /dev
-mount -t proc none /proc
-mount -t sysfs none /sys
-
-for DEVICE in /sys/class/net/* ; do
-  ip link set \${DEVICE##*/} up
-  [ \${DEVICE##*/} != lo ] && udhcpc -b -i \${DEVICE##*/} -s /etc/rc.dhcp
-done
-
-EOF
-
-chmod +x bootscript.sh
-
-# The script "/etc/rc.dhcp" is automatically invoked for each network device. 
-cat > rc.dhcp << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-
-ip addr add \$ip/\$mask dev \$interface
-
-if [ "\$router" ]; then
-  ip route add default via \$router dev \$interface
-fi
-
-EOF
-
-chmod +x rc.dhcp
-
-# The file "/etc/welcome.txt" is displayed on every boot of the system in each
-# available terminal.
-cat > welcome.txt << EOF
-
-  #####################################
-  #                                   #
-  #  Welcome to "Minimal Linux Live"  #
-  #                                   #
-  #####################################
-
-EOF
-
-# The file "/etc/inittab" contains the configuration which defines how the
-# system will be initialized. Check the following URL for more details:
-# http://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/examples/inittab
-cat > inittab << EOF
-::sysinit:/etc/bootscript.sh
-::restart:/sbin/init
-::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
-::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
-::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh
-tty2::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
-tty2::respawn:/bin/sh
-tty3::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
-tty3::respawn:/bin/sh
-tty4::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
-tty4::respawn:/bin/sh
-
-EOF
-
-cd ..
-
-# The "/init" script passes the execution to "/sbin/init" which in turn looks
-# for the configuration file "/etc/inittab".
-cat > init << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-
-exec /sbin/init
-
-EOF
-
-chmod +x init
-
-# Copy all source files to "/src". Note that the scripts won't work there.
-cp ../../*.sh src
-cp ../../.config src
-chmod +r src/*.sh
-chmod +r src/.config
-
-cd ../..
-

src/6_pack_rootfs.sh

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work
-
-# Remove the old initramfs archive if it exists.
-rm -f rootfs.cpio.gz
-
-cd rootfs
-
-# Suggested update by John Jolly.
-#
-# find . | cpio -R root:root -H newc -o | gzip > ../rootfs.cpio.gz
-#
-# This produces a root fs with files and directories all owned by user 0, group 0.
-# Note: test this change as soon as possible!
-#
-# Packs the current folder structure in "cpio.gz" archive.
-find . | cpio -H newc -o | gzip > ../rootfs.cpio.gz
-
-cd ../..
-

src/7_generate_iso.sh

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm -f minimal_linux_live.iso
-
-cd work/kernel
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Edit Makefile to look for genisoimage instead of mkisofs. This was added as a
-# workaround for some "Debian" and "Arch Linux" distributions. In general this
-# fix should be harmless. 
-sed -i 's/mkisofs/genisoimage/g' arch/x86/boot/Makefile
-
-# Generate the ISO image with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors"
-make isoimage FDINITRD=../../rootfs.cpio.gz -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-cp arch/x86/boot/image.iso ../../../minimal_linux_live.iso
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/build_minimal_linux_live.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-sh 0_prepare.sh
+sh 00_prepare.sh
-sh 1_get_kernel.sh
+sh 01_get_kernel.sh
-sh 2_build_kernel.sh
+sh 02_build_kernel.sh
-sh 3_get_busybox.sh
+sh 03_get_glibc.sh
-sh 4_build_busybox.sh
+sh 04_build_glibc.sh
-sh 5_generate_rootfs.sh
+sh 05_prepare_glibc.sh
-sh 6_pack_rootfs.sh
+sh 06_get_busybox.sh
-sh 7_generate_iso.sh
+sh 07_build_busybox.sh
+sh 08_generate_rootfs.sh
+sh 09_pack_rootfs.sh
+sh 10_generate_iso.sh
+

src/experimental/glibc-busybox/.config

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# You can find the latest Linux kernel source bundles here:
-#
-# http://kernel.org
-#
-KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.4.6.tar.xz
-
-# You can find the latest GNU libc source bundles here:
-#
-# http://gnu.org/software/libc
-#
-GLIBC_SOURCE_URL=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.23.tar.bz2
-
-# You can find the latest BusyBox source bundles here:
-#
-# http://busybox.net
-#
-BUSYBOX_SOURCE_URL=http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.24.2.tar.bz2
-

src/experimental/glibc-busybox/build_minimal_linux_live.sh

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-sh 00_prepare.sh
-sh 01_get_kernel.sh
-sh 02_build_kernel.sh
-sh 03_get_glibc.sh
-sh 04_build_glibc.sh
-sh 05_prepare_glibc.sh
-sh 06_get_busybox.sh
-sh 07_build_busybox.sh
-sh 08_generate_rootfs.sh
-sh 09_pack_rootfs.sh
-sh 10_generate_iso.sh
-

src/experimental/glibc-busybox/qemu32.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-qemu-system-i386 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
-

src/experimental/glibc-busybox/qemu64.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-qemu-system-x86_64 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/.config

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# You can find the latest Linux kernel source bundles here:
-#
-# http://kernel.org
-#
-KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.1.6.tar.xz
-
-# You can find the latest ToyBox source bundles here:
-#
-# http://landley.net/toybox
-#
-TOYBOX_SOURCE_URL=http://landley.net/toybox/downloads/toybox-0.6.0.tar.gz
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/0_prepare.sh

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm -rf work
-mkdir work
-
-# -p stops errors if the directory already exists.
-mkdir -p source
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/1_get_kernel.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character.
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i KERNEL_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character.
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading kernel file.
-# -c option allows the download to resume.
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted kernel.
-rm -rf ../work/kernel
-mkdir ../work/kernel
-
-# Extract kernel to folder 'work/kernel'.
-# Full path will be something like 'work/kernel/linux-4.1.6'.
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/kernel
-
-cd ..
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/2_build_kernel.sh

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/kernel
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'linux-3.18.6'.
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Cleans up the kernel sources, including configuration files.
-make mrproper
-
-# Create a default configuration file for the kernel.
-make defconfig
-
-# Changes the name of the system.
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME.*/CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME=\"minimal\"/" .config
-
-# Compile the kernel with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors".
-# Good explanation of the different kernels:
-# http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5518/what-is-the-difference-between-the-following-kernel-makefile-terms-vmlinux-vmlinux
-make bzImage -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/3_get_toybox.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character.
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i TOYBOX_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character.
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading ToyBox source.
-# -c option allows the download to resume.
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted ToyBox.
-rm -rf ../work/toybox
-mkdir ../work/toybox
-
-# Extract toybox to folder 'toybox'.
-# Full path will be something like 'work/toybox/toybox-0.6.0'.
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/toybox
-
-cd ..
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/4_build_toybox.sh

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/toybox
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'toybox-0.6.0'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Remove previously generated artefacts.
-make distclean
-
-# Create a configuration file with all possible selections.
-make allyesconfig
-
-# Static linking
-export LDFLAGS="--static"
-
-# Compile ToyBox with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors".
-make toybox -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-# We no longer need flags for static linking.
-unset LDFLAGS
-
-rm -rf rootfs
-mkdir rootfs
-
-# Directory where ToyBox binary and symlink will be instaled.
-export PREFIX=rootfs
-
-# Create the symlinks for toybox in single folder.
-make install_flat
-
-# We no longer need this environment variable.
-unset PREFIX
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/5_generate_rootfs.sh

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work
-
-rm -rf rootfs
-mkdir rootfs
-
-cd toybox
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Copy all toybox generated stuff to the location of our "initramfs/bin" folder.
-cp -R rootfs ../../rootfs/bin
-cd ../../rootfs
-
-# Create root FS folders
-mkdir dev
-mkdir etc
-mkdir proc
-mkdir root
-mkdir src
-mkdir sys
-mkdir tmp
-
-# "1" means that only the owner of a file/directory (or root) can remove it.
-chmod 1777 tmp
-
-cd etc
-
-# The file "/etc/welcome.txt" is displayed on every boot.
-cat > welcome.txt << EOF
-
-  #####################################
-  #                                   #
-  #  Welcome to "Minimal Linux Live"  #
-  #                                   #
-  #####################################
-
-EOF
-
-cd ..
-
-# For now we have simple console.
-cat > init << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-dmesg -n 1
-
-mount -t devtmpfs none /dev
-mount -t proc none /proc
-mount -t sysfs none /sys
-
-ifconfig eth0 up
-dhcp -i eth0
-
-cat /etc/welcome.txt
-
-sh
-
-poweroff
-EOF
-
-chmod +rx init
-
-# Copy all source files to "/src". Note that the scripts won't work there.
-cp ../../*.sh src
-cp ../../.config src
-chmod +r src/*.sh
-chmod +r src/.config
-
-cd ../..
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/6_pack_rootfs.sh

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work
-
-# Remove the old initramfs archive if it exists.
-rm -f rootfs.cpio.gz
-
-cd rootfs
-
-# Packs the current folder structure in "cpio.gz" archive.
-find . | cpio -H newc -o | gzip > ../rootfs.cpio.gz
-
-cd ../..
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/7_generate_iso.sh

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm -f minimal_linux_live.iso
-
-cd work/kernel
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Edit Makefile to look for genisoimage instead of mkisofs. This was added as a
-# workaround for some "Debian" and "Arch Linux" distributions. In general this
-# fix should be harmless. 
-sed -i 's/mkisofs/genisoimage/g' arch/x86/boot/Makefile
-
-# Generate the ISO image with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors"
-make isoimage FDINITRD=../../rootfs.cpio.gz -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-cp arch/x86/boot/image.iso ../../../minimal_linux_live.iso
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/build_minimal_linux_live.sh

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-sh 0_prepare.sh
-sh 1_get_kernel.sh
-sh 2_build_kernel.sh
-sh 3_get_toybox.sh
-sh 4_build_toybox.sh
-sh 5_generate_rootfs.sh
-sh 6_pack_rootfs.sh
-sh 7_generate_iso.sh

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/qemu32.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-qemu-system-i386 -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
-

src/experimental/glibc-toybox/qemu64.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/.config

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# You can find the latest Linux kernel source bundles here:
-#
-# http://kernel.org
-#
-KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.1.6.tar.xz
-
-# You can find the latest Musl source bundles here:
-#
-# http://musl-libc.org
-#
-MUSL_SOURCE_URL=http://musl-libc.org/releases/musl-1.1.11.tar.gz
-
-# You can find the latest BusyBox source bundles here:
-#
-# http://busybox.net
-#
-BUSYBOX_SOURCE_URL=http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.23.2.tar.bz2
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/00_prepare.sh

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm -rf work
-mkdir work
-
-# -p stops errors if the directory already exists
-mkdir -p source
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/01_get_kernel.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i KERNEL_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading kernel file
-# -c option allows the download to resume
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted kernel
-rm -rf ../work/kernel
-mkdir ../work/kernel
-
-# Extract kernel to folder 'work/kernel'
-# Full path will be something like 'work/kernel/linux-3.16.1'
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/kernel
-
-cd ..
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/02_build_kernel.sh

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/kernel
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'linux-3.18.6'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Cleans up the kernel sources, including configuration files
-make mrproper
-
-# Create a default configuration file for the kernel
-make defconfig
-
-# Changes the name of the system
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME.*/CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME=\"minimal\"/" .config
-
-# Compile the kernel with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors"
-# Good explanation of the different kernels
-# http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5518/what-is-the-difference-between-the-following-kernel-makefile-terms-vmlinux-vmlinux
-make bzImage -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-# We need the kernel headers later, so we install them now in ./usr (this is not /usr)
-make headers_install -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/03_get_musl.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i MUSL_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading musl file
-# -c option allows the download to resume
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted musl
-rm -rf ../work/musl
-mkdir ../work/musl
-
-# Extract musl to folder 'work/musl'
-# Full path will be something like 'work/musl/musl-1.1.11'
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/musl
-
-cd ..
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/04_build_musl.sh

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/musl
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'musl-1.1.11'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-make distclean
-
-mkdir musl-installed
-./configure --prefix=$(pwd)/musl-installed
-
-make -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-make install -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/05_prepare_musl.sh

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/kernel
-cd $(ls -d *)
-WORK_KERNEL_DIR=$(pwd)
-cd ../../..
-
-cd work/musl
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'musl-1.1.11'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-cd musl-installed/bin
-
-unlink musl-ar 2>/dev/null
-ln -s `which ar` musl-ar
-
-unlink musl-strip 2>/dev/null
-ln -s `which strip` musl-strip
-
-cd ../include
-
-# Copy all kernel headers to musl's 'include' folder
-cp -rf $WORK_KERNEL_DIR/usr/include/* .
-
-# Make sure some C structs are not defined in kernel headers if thgey are already defined in musl
-sed -i "s/^\#if.__UAPI_DEF_IN6_ADDR$/#if !defined(_NETINET_IN_H) \&\& defined(__UAPI_DEF_IN6_ADDR)/" ./linux/in6.h
-sed -i "s/^\#if.__UAPI_DEF_SOCKADDR_IN6$/#if !defined(_NETINET_IN_H) \&\& defined(__UAPI_DEF_SOCKADDR_IN6)/" ./linux/in6.h
-sed -i "s/^\#if.__UAPI_DEF_IPV6_MREQ$/#if !defined(_NETINET_IN_H) \&\& defined(__UAPI_DEF_IPV6_MREQ)/" ./linux/in6.h
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/06_get_busybox.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i BUSYBOX_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading busybox source
-# -c option allows the download to resume
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted busybox
-rm -rf ../work/busybox
-mkdir ../work/busybox
-
-# Extract busybox to folder 'busybox'
-# Full path will be something like 'work/busybox/busybox-1.23.1'
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/busybox
-
-cd ..
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/07_build_busybox.sh

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/musl
-cd $(ls -d *)
-cd musl-installed
-cd bin
-MUSL_BIN_DIR=$(pwd)
-cd ../../../../..
-
-cd work/busybox
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'busybox-1.23.1'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-PATH_BACKUP=$PATH
-PATH=$MUSL_BIN_DIR:$PATH
-
-# Remove previously generated artifacts
-make distclean
-
-# Create a default configuration file
-make defconfig
-
-# Change the configuration, so that busybox is statically compiled
-# You could do this manually with 'make menuconfig'
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_STATIC.*/CONFIG_STATIC=y/" .config
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX.*/CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX=\"musl-\"/" .config
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_IFPLUGD.*/CONFIG_IFPLUGD=n/" .config
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_INETD.*/CONFIG_INETD=n/" .config
-
-# Compile busybox with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors"
-make busybox -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-# Create the symlinks for busybox
-# It uses the file 'busybox.links' for this
-make install
-
-PATH=$PATH_BACKUP
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/08_generate_rootfs.sh

@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work
-
-rm -rf rootfs
-
-cd busybox
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Copy all BusyBox generated stuff to the location of our "initramfs" folder.
-cp -R _install ../../rootfs
-cd ../../rootfs
-
-# Remove "linuxrc" which is used when we boot in "RAM disk" mode. 
-rm -f linuxrc
-
-# Create root FS folders
-mkdir dev
-mkdir etc
-mkdir proc
-mkdir root
-mkdir src
-mkdir sys
-mkdir tmp
-
-# "1" means that only the owner of a file/directory (or root) can remove it.
-chmod 1777 tmp
-
-cd etc
-
-# The script "/etc/bootscript.sh" is automatically executed as part of the
-# "init" proess. We suppress most kernel messages, mount all crytical file
-# systems, loop through all available network devices and we configure them
-# through DHCP.
-cat > bootscript.sh << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-
-dmesg -n 1
-mount -t devtmpfs none /dev
-mount -t proc none /proc
-mount -t sysfs none /sys
-
-for DEVICE in /sys/class/net/* ; do
-  ip link set \${DEVICE##*/} up
-  [ \${DEVICE##*/} != lo ] && udhcpc -b -i \${DEVICE##*/} -s /etc/rc.dhcp
-done
-
-EOF
-
-chmod +x bootscript.sh
-
-# The script "/etc/rc.dhcp" is automatically invoked for each network device. 
-cat > rc.dhcp << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-
-ip addr add \$ip/\$mask dev \$interface
-
-if [ "\$router" ]; then
-  ip route add default via \$router dev \$interface
-fi
-
-EOF
-
-chmod +x rc.dhcp
-
-# DNS resolving is done by using Google's public DNS servers
-cat > resolv.conf << EOF
-nameserver 8.8.8.8
-nameserver 8.8.4.4
-
-EOF
-
-# The file "/etc/welcome.txt" is displayed on every boot of the system in each
-# available terminal.
-cat > welcome.txt << EOF
-
-  #####################################
-  #                                   #
-  #  Welcome to "Minimal Linux Live"  #
-  #                                   #
-  #####################################
-
-EOF
-
-# The file "/etc/inittab" contains the configuration which defines how the
-# system will be initialized. Check the following URL for more details:
-# http://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/examples/inittab
-cat > inittab << EOF
-::sysinit:/etc/bootscript.sh
-::restart:/sbin/init
-::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/reboot
-::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
-::respawn:/bin/cttyhack /bin/sh
-tty2::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
-tty2::respawn:/bin/sh
-tty3::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
-tty3::respawn:/bin/sh
-tty4::once:cat /etc/welcome.txt
-tty4::respawn:/bin/sh
-
-EOF
-
-cd ..
-
-# The "/init" script passes the execution to "/sbin/init" which in turn looks
-# for the configuration file "/etc/inittab".
-cat > init << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-
-exec /sbin/init
-
-EOF
-
-chmod +x init
-
-# Copy all source files to "/src". Note that the scripts won't work there.
-cp ../../*.sh src
-cp ../../.config src
-chmod +r src/*.sh
-chmod +r src/.config
-
-cd ../..
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/09_pack_rootfs.sh

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work
-
-# Remove the old initramfs archive if it exists.
-rm -f rootfs.cpio.gz
-
-cd rootfs
-
-# Packs the current folder structure in "cpio.gz" archive.
-find . | cpio -R root:root -H newc -o | gzip > ../rootfs.cpio.gz
-
-cd ../..
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/10_generate_iso.sh

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/kernel
-cd $(ls -d *)
-WORK_KERNEL_DIR=$(pwd)
-cd ../../..
-
-rm -f minimal_linux_live.iso
-rm -rf work/isoimage
-
-# This is the root folder of the ISO image
-mkdir work/isoimage
-cd work/isoimage
-
-# Search and copy the files 'isolinux.bin' and 'ldlinux.c32'
-for i in lib lib64 share end ; do
-    if [ -f /usr/$i/syslinux/isolinux.bin ]; then
-        cp /usr/$i/syslinux/isolinux.bin .
-        if [ -f /usr/$i/syslinux/ldlinux.c32 ]; then
-            cp /usr/$i/syslinux/ldlinux.c32 .
-        fi;
-        break;
-    fi;
-    if [ $i = end ]; then exit 1; fi;
-done
-
-# Now we copy the kernel
-cp $WORK_KERNEL_DIR/arch/x86/boot/bzImage ./kernel.bz
-
-# Now we copy the root file system
-cp ../rootfs.cpio.gz ./rootfs.gz
-
-# Copy all source files to "/src". Note that the scripts won't work there.
-mkdir src
-cp ../../*.sh src
-cp ../../.config src
-chmod +rx src/*.sh
-chmod +r src/.config
-
-# Create ISOLINUX configuration file
-echo 'default kernel.bz  initrd=rootfs.gz' > ./isolinux.cfg
-
-# Now we generate the ISO image file
-genisoimage -J -r -o ../minimal_linux_live.iso -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./
-
-# This allows the ISO image to be bootable if it is burned on USB flash drive
-isohybrid ../minimal_linux_live.iso 2>/dev/null || true
-
-# Copy the ISO image to the root project folder
-cp ../minimal_linux_live.iso ../../
-
-cd ../..
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/build_minimal_linux_live.sh

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-sh 00_prepare.sh
-sh 01_get_kernel.sh
-sh 02_build_kernel.sh
-sh 03_get_musl.sh
-sh 04_build_musl.sh
-sh 05_prepare_musl.sh
-sh 06_get_busybox.sh
-sh 07_build_busybox.sh
-sh 08_generate_rootfs.sh
-sh 09_pack_rootfs.sh
-sh 10_generate_iso.sh
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/qemu32.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-qemu-system-i386 -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
-

src/experimental/musl-busybox/qemu64.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/.config

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# You can find the latest Linux kernel source bundles here:
-#
-# http://kernel.org
-#
-KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.1.6.tar.xz
-
-# You can find the latest Musl source bundles here:
-#
-# http://musl-libc.org
-#
-MUSL_SOURCE_URL=http://musl-libc.org/releases/musl-1.1.11.tar.gz
-
-# You can find the latest ToyBox source bundles here:
-#
-# http://landley.net/toybox
-#
-TOYBOX_SOURCE_URL=http://landley.net/toybox/downloads/toybox-0.6.0.tar.gz
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/00_prepare.sh

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm -rf work
-mkdir work
-
-# -p stops errors if the directory already exists.
-mkdir -p source
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/01_get_kernel.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character.
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i KERNEL_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character.
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading kernel file.
-# -c option allows the download to resume.
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted kernel.
-rm -rf ../work/kernel
-mkdir ../work/kernel
-
-# Extract kernel to folder 'work/kernel'.
-# Full path will be something like 'work/kernel/linux-4.1.6'.
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/kernel
-
-cd ..
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/02_build_kernel.sh

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/kernel
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'linux-3.18.6'.
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Cleans up the kernel sources, including configuration files.
-make mrproper
-
-# Create a default configuration file for the kernel.
-make defconfig
-
-# Changes the name of the system.
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME.*/CONFIG_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME=\"minimal\"/" .config
-
-# Compile the kernel with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors".
-# Good explanation of the different kernels:
-# http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5518/what-is-the-difference-between-the-following-kernel-makefile-terms-vmlinux-vmlinux
-make bzImage -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/03_get_musl.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i MUSL_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading musl file
-# -c option allows the download to resume
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted musl
-rm -rf ../work/musl
-mkdir ../work/musl
-
-# Extract musl to folder 'work/musl'
-# Full path will be something like 'work/musl/musl-1.1.11'
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/musl
-
-cd ..
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/04_build_musl.sh

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/musl
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'musl-1.1.11'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-make distclean
-
-mkdir musl-installed
-./configure --prefix=$(pwd)/musl-installed
-
-make -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-make install -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/05_prepare_musl.sh

@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/kernel
-cd $(ls -d *)
-WORK_KERNEL_DIR=$(pwd)
-cd ../../..
-
-cd work/musl
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'musl-1.1.11'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-cd musl-installed/bin
-
-unlink musl-cc
-ln -s musl-gcc musl-cc
-
-unlink musl-ar
-ln -s `which ar` musl-ar
-
-unlink musl-strip
-ln -s `which strip` musl-strip
-
-cd ../include
-
-#
-# Should work with headers from the newly downloaded kernel
-# but it diesn't work. Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-#
-#unlink linux
-#ln -s $WORK_KERNEL_DIR/include/linux linux
-#
-#unlink mtd
-#ln -s $WORK_KERNEL_DIR/include/linux/mtd mtd
-#
-#unlink asm
-#ln -s $WORK_KERNEL_DIR/include/uapi/asm-generic asm
-#
-#unlink asm-generic
-#ln -s $WORK_KERNEL_DIR/include/uapi/asm-generic asm-generic
-#
-#unlink uapi
-#ln -s $WORK_KERNEL_DIR/include/uapi uapi
-#
-#unlink uapi
-#ln -s $WORK_KERNEL_DIR/include/uapi uapi
-
-unlink linux
-ln -s /usr/include/linux linux
-
-unlink mtd
-ln -s /usr/include/mtd mtd
-
-if [ -d /usr/include/asm ]
-then
-  unlink asm
-  ln -s /usr/include/asm asm
-else
-  unlink asm
-  ln -s /usr/include/asm-generic asm
-fi
-
-unlink asm-generic
-ln -s /usr/include/asm-generic asm-generic
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/06_get_toybox.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Grab everything after the '=' character.
-DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i TOYBOX_SOURCE_URL .config | cut -f2 -d'=')
-
-# Grab everything after the last '/' character.
-ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
-
-cd source
-
-# Downloading ToyBox source.
-# -c option allows the download to resume.
-wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
-
-# Delete folder with previously extracted ToyBox.
-rm -rf ../work/toybox
-mkdir ../work/toybox
-
-# Extract toybox to folder 'toybox'.
-# Full path will be something like 'work/toybox/toybox-0.6.0'.
-tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C ../work/toybox
-
-cd ..
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/07_build_toybox.sh

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work/musl
-cd $(ls -d *)
-cd musl-installed
-cd bin
-MUSL_BIN_DIR=$(pwd)
-cd ../../../../..
-cd work/toybox
-
-# Change to the first directory ls finds, e.g. 'toybox-0.6.0'
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-PATH_BACKUP=$PATH
-PATH=$MUSL_BIN_DIR:$PATH
-
-# Remove previously generated artefacts.
-make distclean
-
-# Create a configuration file with all possible selections.
-#make allyesconfig
-make defconfig
-
-sed -i "s/.*CONFIG_DHCP.is.*/CONFIG_DHCP=y/" .config
-
-# Static linking and cross compiling.
-export CFLAGS="-std=c99"
-export LDFLAGS="--static"
-export CROSS_COMPILE="musl-"
-
-# Compile ToyBox with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors".
-make toybox -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-# We no longer need flags for static linking and cross compiling.
-unset CFLAGS
-unset LDFLAGS
-unset CROSS_COMPILE
-
-rm -rf rootfs
-mkdir rootfs
-
-# Directory where ToyBox binary and symlink will be instaled.
-export PREFIX=rootfs
-
-# Create the symlinks for toybox in single folder.
-make install_flat
-
-# We no longer need this environment variable.
-unset PREFIX
-
-PATH=$PATH_BACKUP
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/08_generate_rootfs.sh

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work
-
-rm -rf rootfs
-mkdir rootfs
-
-cd toybox
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Copy all toybox generated stuff to the location of our "initramfs/bin" folder.
-cp -R rootfs ../../rootfs/bin
-cd ../../rootfs
-
-# Create root FS folders
-mkdir dev
-mkdir etc
-mkdir proc
-mkdir root
-mkdir src
-mkdir sys
-mkdir tmp
-
-# "1" means that only the owner of a file/directory (or root) can remove it.
-chmod 1777 tmp
-
-cd etc
-
-# The file "/etc/welcome.txt" is displayed on every boot.
-cat > welcome.txt << EOF
-
-  #####################################
-  #                                   #
-  #  Welcome to "Minimal Linux Live"  #
-  #                                   #
-  #####################################
-
-EOF
-
-cd ..
-
-# For now we have simple console.
-cat > init << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-dmesg -n 1
-
-mount -t devtmpfs none /dev
-mount -t proc none /proc
-mount -t sysfs none /sys
-
-ifconfig eth0 up
-dhcp -i eth0
-
-cat /etc/welcome.txt
-
-sh
-
-poweroff
-EOF
-
-chmod +rx init
-
-# Copy all source files to "/src". Note that the scripts won't work there.
-cp ../../*.sh src
-cp ../../.config src
-chmod +r src/*.sh
-chmod +r src/.config
-
-cd ../..
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/09_pack_rootfs.sh

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd work
-
-# Remove the old initramfs archive if it exists.
-rm -f rootfs.cpio.gz
-
-cd rootfs
-
-# Packs the current folder structure in "cpio.gz" archive.
-find . | cpio -H newc -o | gzip > ../rootfs.cpio.gz
-
-cd ../..
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/10_generate_iso.sh

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm -f minimal_linux_live.iso
-
-cd work/kernel
-cd $(ls -d *)
-
-# Edit Makefile to look for genisoimage instead of mkisofs. This was added as a
-# workaround for some "Debian" and "Arch Linux" distributions. In general this
-# fix should be harmless. 
-sed -i 's/mkisofs/genisoimage/g' arch/x86/boot/Makefile
-
-# Generate the ISO image with optimization for "parallel jobs" = "number of processors"
-make isoimage FDINITRD=../../rootfs.cpio.gz -j $(grep ^processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l)
-
-cp arch/x86/boot/image.iso ../../../minimal_linux_live.iso
-
-cd ../../..
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/build_minimal_linux_live.sh

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-sh 0_prepare.sh
-sh 1_get_kernel.sh
-sh 2_build_kernel.sh
-sh 3_get_toybox.sh
-sh 4_build_toybox.sh
-sh 5_generate_rootfs.sh
-sh 6_pack_rootfs.sh
-sh 7_generate_iso.sh

src/experimental/musl-toybox/qemu32.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-qemu-system-i386 -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
-

src/experimental/musl-toybox/qemu64.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
-

src/qemu32.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-qemu-system-i386 -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
+qemu-system-i386 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
 

src/qemu64.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
+qemu-system-x86_64 -m 64M -cdrom minimal_linux_live.iso
 

www/index.html

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     }
     
     function logSwap(itemIndex, show) {
-      for(var i = 1; i <= 4; i++) {
+      for(var i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
         var showObj = document.getElementById("show" + i);
         var hideObj = document.getElementById("hide" + i);
         var textObj = document.getElementById("text" + i);
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@
       </div>
       <div class="row">
         <div class="twelve columns">
-          <strong>Minimal Linux Live</strong> is a set of Linux shell scripts which automatically build minimal Live
+          <strong>Minimal Linux Live</strong> is a set of Linux shell scripts which automatically build minimalistic Live
-          Linux OS based on <a target="_blank" href="http://kernel.org">Linux kernel</a>
+          Linux OS with basic network support via DHCP. The generated operating system is based on
-          and <a target="_blank" href="http://busybox.net">BusyBox</a>. All necessary source codes are automatically
+          <a target="_blank" href="http://kernel.org">Linux kernel</a>,
+          <a target="_blank" href="http://gnu.org/software/libc">GNU C library</a> and
+          <a target="_blank" href="http://busybox.net">BusyBox</a>. All necessary source codes are automatically
           downloaded and all build operations are fully encapsulated in the scripts.
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -91,7 +93,8 @@
               Get the latest scripts from the <a href="#" onclick="javascript:menuSwap(5); return false;">download</a> section.
             </li>
             <li>
-              Extract the scripts to some folder.
+              Extract the scripts to some folder. Note that even though the scripts are small in size, you need ~2GB free disk space for the
+              actual build process.
             </li>
             <li>
               Just for convenience, make sure that all scripts are executable (<code>chmod +x *.sh</code>). If you decide to skip this step you
@@ -140,59 +143,82 @@
               you have researched your problem in advance before you send me your question.
             </li>
             <li>
-              When the scripts finish their job you will find newly created <code>minimal_linux_live.iso</code> in the same folder where you
+              When the scripts finish their job you will find newly generated <code>minimal_linux_live.iso</code> in the same folder where you
               executed the scripts. You can burn the ISO image file on CD/DVD, install it on USB flash drive via
               <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com">Universal USB Installer</a>,
-              or run it directly via PC emulator like <a target="_blank" href="http://virtualbox.org">VirtualBox</a>.
+              or run it directly via PC emulator like <a target="_blank" href="http://virtualbox.org">VirtualBox</a>. Minimal Linux Live
+              requires at least 64MB RAM, otherwise the boot process most probably will hang.
             </li>
           </ul>
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="row">      
         <div class="twelve columns">
-          The produced ISO image file contains Linux kernel compiled with default options, BusyBox compiled with default options and very simple
+          The generated ISO image file contains Linux kernel compiled with default options, GNU C library compiled with default options,
-          initramfs. This means that you don't get Windows support out of the box, nor you get any fancy desktop environment. All you
+          BusyBox compiled with default options and quite simple initramfs. This means that you don't get Windows support out of the box,
-          get is a simple shell console which supports all BusyBox applets and... well, that's all. This is why it's called "minimal".
+          nor you get any fancy desktop environment. All you get is a simple shell console which supports all BusyBox applets and... well,
+          that's all. This is why it's called "minimal".
         </div>
       </div>
       <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>      
       <div class="row">
         <div class="twelve columns">
-          The good news is that even though the OS is small and simple, the build scripts are also very small and very simple. You can
+          The good news is that the build scripts are very small in size and simple to understand. You can easily learn from the scripts
-          quite easily learn from the scripts and later modify them to include more stuff (I encourage you to do so). After you learn
+          and later modify them to include more stuff (I encourage you to do so). After you learn the basics you will have all the necessary
-          the basics you will have all the necessary tools and skills to create your own fully functional Linux based operating system!
+          tools and skills to create your own fully functional Linux based operating system. Entirely from scratch!
-          Entirely from scratch! Isn't it great?! :)
         </div>
       </div>
       <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
       <div class="row">      
         <div class="twelve columns">
           The <a href="#" onclick="javascript:menuSwap(4); return false;">tutorial</a> provides more details about the inner structure
-          of the scripts and the overall build process. I encourage you to go through this document when you have the time.
+          of the scripts and the overall build process. I encourage you to go through this document when you have the time. The same tutorial
+          document is automatically included in the generated ISO image, so you can always refer to it.
         </div>
       </div>
       <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
       <div class="row">      
         <div class="twelve columns">
           Below you can find several screenshots which show what the environment looks like when you boot your newly generated
-          Minimal Linux Live OS.
+          Minimal Linux Live OS. 
         </div>
       </div>
       <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
       <div class="row">
-        <div class="four columns">
+        <div class="six columns">
           <a href="./images/screen1.png" target="_blank" title="Minimal Linux Live - screenshot 1">
             <img alt="Minimal Linux Live" id="screenshot1" width="100%" height="100%" border="0" src="./images/screen1.png" />
           </a>
         </div>
-        <div class="four columns">
+        <div class="six columns">
           <a href="./images/screen2.png" target="_blank" title="Minimal Linux Live - screenshot 2">
-            <img alt="Minimal Linux Live" id="screenshot1" width="100%" height="100%" border="0" src="./images/screen2.png" />
+            <img alt="Minimal Linux Live" id="screenshot2" width="100%" height="100%" border="0" src="./images/screen2.png" />
           </a>
         </div>
-        <div class="four columns">
+      </div class="row">
+      <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="six columns">
           <a href="./images/screen3.png" target="_blank" title="Minimal Linux Live - screenshot 3">
-            <img alt="Minimal Linux Live" id="screenshot1" width="100%" height="100%" border="0" src="./images/screen3.png" />
+            <img alt="Minimal Linux Live" id="screenshot3" width="100%" height="100%" border="0" src="./images/screen3.png" />
+          </a>
+        </div>
+        <div class="six columns">
+          <a href="./images/screen4.png" target="_blank" title="Minimal Linux Live - screenshot 4">
+            <img alt="Minimal Linux Live" id="screenshot4" width="100%" height="100%" border="0" src="./images/screen4.png" />
+          </a>
+        </div>
+      </div class="row">
+      <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="six columns">
+          <a href="./images/screen5.png" target="_blank" title="Minimal Linux Live - screenshot 5">
+            <img alt="Minimal Linux Live" id="screenshot5" width="100%" height="100%" border="0" src="./images/screen5.png" />
+          </a>
+        </div>
+        <div class="six columns">
+          <a href="./images/screen6.png" target="_blank" title="Minimal Linux Live - screenshot 6">
+            <img alt="Minimal Linux Live" id="screenshot6" width="100%" height="100%" border="0" src="./images/screen6.png" />
           </a>
         </div>
       </div>  
@@ -205,15 +231,52 @@
       </div>
       <div class="row">      
       <div class="twelve columns">
-        <div id="show4" style="display:none;">
+        <div id="show5" style="display:none;">
+          <strong>03-Apr-2016</strong>
+          <a href="#" onclick="javascript:logSwap(5, true); return false;">show</a>      
+        </div>
+        <div id="hide5" style="display:block;">
+          <strong>03-Apr-2016</strong>
+          <a href="#" onclick="javascript:logSwap(5, false); return false;">hide</a>
+        </div>
+        <div id="text5" style="display:block;">
+          <ul>
+            <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
+            <li>
+              <strong>Minimal Linux Live</strong> is now based on <strong>Linux kernel 4.4.6</strong>, <strong>GNU C library 2.23</strong>
+              and <strong>BusyBox 1.24.2</strong>. The generated ISO image file is ~4MB larger due to glibc overhead and requires more RAM
+              (64MB is enough).
+            </li>
+            <li>
+              The build architecture has been revised and now the only core dependency to the host OS is the actual C compiler along with
+              the related binary utils. Kernel headers and main C library (which used to be implicit dependencies) are now automatically
+              generated and used as part of the overall build process.
+            </li>
+            <li>
+              The DNS resolving issue has been fixed and the network/internet related BusyBox applets (ping, wget, etc.) now work fine.
+            </li>
+            <li>
+              The ISO image generation process is now in a separate script file, completely detached from the kernel build infrastructure.
+              This allows the Mnimal Linux Live users to modify the ISO image file/directory structure before the actual ISO generation.
+            </li>
+            <li>
+              The internal script comments have been revised and now they are more descriptive than before.
+            </li>
+            <li>
+              The experimental folder has been removed.
+            </li>
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+        <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
+        <div id="show4" style="display:block;">
           <strong>14-Sep-2015</strong>
           <a href="#" onclick="javascript:logSwap(4, true); return false;">show</a>      
         </div>
-        <div id="hide4" style="display:block;">
+        <div id="hide4" style="display:none;">
           <strong>14-Sep-2015</strong>
           <a href="#" onclick="javascript:logSwap(4, false); return false;">hide</a>
         </div>
-        <div id="text4" style="display:block;">
+        <div id="text4" style="display:none;">
           <ul>
             <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
             <li>
@@ -381,17 +444,17 @@
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     <div class="row">
       <div class="twelve columns">
-        The latest stable scripts (14-Sep-2015) can be downloaded as ZIP archive
+        The latest stable scripts (03-Apr-2016) can be downloaded as ZIP archive
-        <a href="./download/minimal_linux_live_14-Sep-2015_src.zip" title="Minimal Linux Live - shell scripts">here</a>.
+        <a href="./download/minimal_linux_live_03-Apr-2016_src.zip" title="Minimal Linux Live - shell scripts">here</a>.
       </div>
     </div>
     <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
     <div class="row">
       <div class="twelve columns">
         Pre-built ISO image files generated with the latest stable scripts are available for
-        <a href="./download/minimal_linux_live_14-Sep-2015_32-bit.iso" title="Minimal Linux Live - ISO image file for 32-bit CPUs">32-bit</a>
+        <a href="./download/minimal_linux_live_03-Apr-2016_32-bit.iso" title="Minimal Linux Live - ISO image file for 32-bit CPUs">32-bit</a>
         and
-        <a href="./download/minimal_linux_live_14-Sep-2015_64-bit.iso" title="Minimal Linux Live - ISO image file for 64-bit CPUs">64-bit</a>
+        <a href="./download/minimal_linux_live_03-Apr-2016_64-bit.iso" title="Minimal Linux Live - ISO image file for 64-bit CPUs">64-bit</a>
         CPUs.
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -419,7 +482,7 @@
     <div style="font-size: 10%;">&nbsp;</div>
     <div class="row" style="text-align: center;">
       <div class="twelve columns">
-        Copyright &copy; 2014 - 2015
+        Copyright &copy; 2014 - 2016
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       </div>