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@@ -1,46 +1,16 @@ Mini/Temporary ProteanOS Development Kit ---------------------------------------- -This is miniprokit, a small and simple version of the ProteanOS -Development Kit (which is not yet finished). - -miniprokit can install a ProteanOS system and run a ProteanOS shell -within an isolated file system environment using the chroot utility. -It is similar in function to the debootstrap program of Debian and -derivatives. - -miniprokit can run on any standard GNU or BusyBox system (or probably -any UNIX-like system with GNU Wget and Coreutils installed). Aside from -standard UNIX utilities, it needs wget, sha256sum, mount, and chroot. - -It requires superuser permission to run, as it uses the mount and chroot -utilities. - -Installing a ProteanOS system can be done as follows (assuming use of -sudo): - - $ sudo ./miniprokit.sh install root - -To cross install another architecture, use the -a option (beware that -only an architecture supported by your CPU can be installed and run), -e.g.: - - $ sudo ./miniprokit.sh install -a i686-linux-glibc root - -Platforms can be chosen using the -P option (ProteanOS currently -provides "dev", "ao751h", and "dimension2400"): - - $ sudo ./miniprokit.sh install -P dev root - -Start a ProteanOS shell in an isolated file system environment as -follows: - - $ sudo ./miniprokit.sh shell root +This is miniprokit, a small and simple predecessor of the ProteanOS +Development Kit (prokit). It was developed as a temporary and crude +tool to install ProteanOS systems until prokit could replace it. It is +now obsolete, unmaintained, and no longer functional. Please use prokit +instead. Copyright Information --------------------- -Copyright (C) 2014 Patrick "P. J." McDermott +Copyright (C) 2018 Patrick "P. J." McDermott Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright |