[Voyage-linux] wiki voyage_kernel and Voyage from scratch

[Kim-man "Punky" TSE]

See my in-line response below

n schembr wrote:
> I love using voyage.  I have been running voyage on small systems for the last year, 240 days uptime.  I now have an application that need more hardware.  I'm running a stack debian system and most of the hardware is supported.  
>
> I'm just starting to do my reading and need your feedback on the best ways build a voyage based system from scratch. 
>   
Actually, I am thinking about you just need a plain debian instead of 
voyage?  If so, you should look at debootstrap or cdebootstrap.  Voyage 
is just Debian with its own kernel, some scripts and trimmed docs.
> Is the "voyage kernel" build still current?
>   
No sure what current mean, the latest release kernel in 2.6.17_3.0-2, 
which is in unstable repository.
> Can anyone fill in the voyage for scratch wiki page?
>   
I will fill this up later, but it is built with the customization 
framework.  Using voyage-base.etch.tar.gz as base.  And on top, build 
with stage1 and stage2 profile.
> Can I boot a stock debian kernel?  Etch or Sid?
>   
Yes, I think you can try etch 2.6.18 kernel image.
> Are there any issues with using a vanilla source  kernel from kernel.org?  what is the best way?
>   
The best way is apt-get the kernel package from etch.  But it will be 
40MB of size.
> What should I use as the build env? 
>   
You need a Debian env, most probably etch, and "apt-get install 
build-essential"
> I need to have sata, ztdummy, SMP, UML... etc.  Is there a good way to do this? make Xconfig?
>   
You will need to investigate that.  Some are in-kernel feature, some are 
provided as external kernel module, some are userland utility.
>
> Thank you for your time and help,
>
> Nicholas A. Schembri
> State College, PA USA
>   

Regards,
Punky

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