[OE-core] is there an image for the smallest feasible bootable system?

[Cliff Brake]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>wrote:

>
>   for the purposes of demo'ing in a class, i'm interested in building
> the *really* minimal system that will boot to a shell prompt.  i've
> examined core-image-minimal but it seems pretty clear that there's
> stuff in that image that isn't, strictly speaking, essential.
>
>   anyone created an image file for a truly tiny bootable image?
> thanks.
>
> rday
>
>
# will be used for the update image
DESCRIPTION = "updater initramfs image"
LICENSE = "CLOSED"

LIC_FILES_CHKSUM =
"file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58 \

file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"

#IMAGE_INSTALL = "task-core-boot ${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP}
${POKY_EXTRA_INSTALL}"

# Do not pollute the initrd image with rootfs features
IMAGE_FEATURES = ""

export IMAGE_BASENAME = "updater-initramfs-image"
IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""

LICENSE = "MIT"

IMAGE_INSTALL = "\
    base-files \
    busybox \
    updater \
    mtd-utils \
    e2fsprogs \
    e2fsprogs-mke2fs \
    e2fsprogs-fsck \
    e2fsprogs-e2fsck \
    e2fsprogs-tune2fs \
    "

IMAGE_FSTYPES = "tar.gz cpio.gz"

# remove not needed ipkg informations
ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_packaging_data_files ; "

inherit image

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