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Subject: [Lnx-bbc-devel] interesting
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:36:58 -0700

Package: rootstrap
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 140
Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman mdz@debian.org
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.3.2-1
Depends: python, user-mode-linux (>= 2.4.17.12um-1), debootstrap (>= 0.1.16.4), dpkg (>= 1.9.19)
Filename: pool/main/r/rootstrap/rootstrap_0.3.2-1_i386.deb
Size: 11822
MD5sum: 6e5c3706d04612eb27483b930ea807ce
Description: A tool for building complete Linux filesystem images Rootstrap was originally written to provide a facility for building filesystems for use with User-mode Linux, but can be useful in other applications as well.
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It uses a modular set of shell scripts to create the filesystem image, install a base system, and customize it for a particular application. Currently, it only builds Debian systems, but the architecture is such that other base systems could be used instead.
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Use of rootstrap does not require root access, or special privileges of any kind. This is because it builds the filesystem inside a User-mode Linux system running under an unprivileged uid.
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Filesystem creation with rootstrap is quick and painless. With a local mirror and a single command, a fresh Debian woody filesystem can be created in about 3 minutes on relatively modest hardware.

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