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lh-bootstrap - a tool to build images running s6 and s6-rc

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lh-bootstrap

What is it ?

lh-bootstrap is a set of scripts that build a disk image for a virtual machine such as QEMU. The image uses Linux, musl, BusyBox, and skarnet.org tools, and similar small and efficient software. It provides the necessary minimum amount of tools to securely connect to the Internet and download more software while having a stable init system and service infrastructure.


Installation

Requirements

Read the README.md file (on GitHub, for Markdown formatting).

Licensing

lh-bootstrap is free software. It is available under the GNU General Public License version 2.

Download

lh-bootstrap does not have regular numbered releases; you should always pull the latest version from Git.

Compilation

  • Read the README.md file carefully
  • Copy lh-config.dist to lh-config and edit it to suit your needs
  • Run ./make

Related resources

lh-bootstrap discussion

  • lh-bootstrap is discussed on the skaware mailing-list.
  • It can also be discussed on the #s6 IRC channel on OFTC.