create distro

I am going to make my own linux distro. I have no clue how to do this. I am running Windows, so that is where I would start from. Anybody want to help?

 

You don't start from Windows. What do you know of Linux? I have been running it for a solid two years and don't feel ready enough to create my own.

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

 

your not going to be able to go from running windows to creating your own linux distro. Like was asked earlier what is your experience with linux? have you ever compiled from source or created your own packages? just basic questions to see how much you already understand.

 

While it's possible to do this from Windows via VM, I don't think it's the best solution. Create a separate partition, grab another hard drive, or grab a spare machine and have at it.

In fact, when I started using Linux I jumped into some of the hardest distros I could find...and learned a lot!
So, if you truly want to learn this whole "roll your own distro" thing, hop over to LFS, which was posted earlier on. Read it, practice it, and understand it.

Experience has nothing to do with what you can and can't do. The ability to learn does, however.

Good day.

 

I use slax and crux on VMs

 

VM, do you have a full install dual boot yet?

 

why dual boot? you wanna really learn linux format your box and just run linux natively, thats how i learned and got off the microsoft wagon a few years ago.

 

There is nothing wrong with dual booting. Jumping head first into Linux for most is a piss poor idea.

 

well that all depends on the user, but if he has more than one machine laying around its better then a vm and alot easier than a dual boot since he doesn't have to reboot to google something. just my opinion though.

 

Agreed...for most people.

Also, dual booting has it's uses. There are many tools out there that are useful that don't have reasonable alternatives in Linux or don't work well in wine...so dual booting is an obvious (and easy) solution.

 

hi,

i dual boot on my main machine (mandriva and w2k) and also have a spare with linux on for 'messing',
i'm working on a bootable usb distro at the moment and finding it very useful in learning - with an added advantage of being able to restore it in about 5 mins if i break it

 

I tried making command processors for DOS a long time ago, and was thinking of making a Linux-based similarity, but floundered a bit trying to figure it out. Thanks for the tip about LFS, it's better than anything I'd found myself.