thewickedkarma / buildroot

Configure and build dahliaOS Linux-based builds

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Buildroot

• Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation
• This tool compiles dahliaOS Linux-based builds

Required packages

• syslinux-utils
• ccd2iso

Usage

• make menuconfig to configure the build settings
• make linux-menuconfig to configure the Linux kernel
• make to compile the image, which can be found under output/images

Files can be inserted into the image using the output/target directory

Build and reload

To compile and run the base dahliaOS toolchain, use:

• make&&qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm -m 4096 -cdrom output/images/rootfs.iso9660&&cp output/images/rootfs.iso9660 output/images/rootfs.iso

Requirements

It is recommended to have at minumum an Ethernet connection (directly to router), a dual-core x86 CPU and at least 4GB of RAM when compiling.

I personally recommend a 4C/8T or better CPU with 16GB of RAM for optimal speeds.

You will also need a decent amount of hard drive space, I recommend around 50GB if you clear out the build directory often.

It takes around 6 hours to build a full image from scratch on a Dell Optiplex 790 with a 3GHZ i5-2400 and 16GB of RAM.

I am sure a Threadripper or a newer Xeon CPU could easily handle compiling.

Warning:

• If you are using a laptop, make sure that you are aware of its temperature, some laptops easily heat up to 93-100c when compiling.

Contribute

If you're wondering how to contribute to the project, please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md