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     1.4 +SEB - SliTaz Embedded OS
     1.5 +================================================================================
     1.6 +
     1.7 +Back to the root with this cmdline tool to build realy small SliTaz textmode 
     1.8 +system for hacking, learning and developing small Linux operating system.
     1.9 +
    1.10 +Seb builder will init a minimal set of files that you can customise at your
    1.11 +needs, install Busybox and create a compressed rootfs that can boot in frugal
    1.12 +mode as well as an ISO image to use with Qemu. Other boot methods can be used
    1.13 +with a bit a knowledge (web boot). The system is built in a single rootfs
    1.14 +folder wich can be used as chroot environment.
    1.15 +
    1.16 +SliTaz embedded provide all basic Linux command, a powerfull web server with
    1.17 +CGI support and a set of home made tools for administration and debuging. Seb
    1.18 +is easy too use, follow the KISS principle. Please use SliTaz Bugs System
    1.19 +for any bug report. There is no wifi support and it's not bug :-)
    1.20 +
    1.21 +If you want to learn more about the basics of a Linux operating system you
    1.22 +can have a look to SliTaz Scratchbook wich explain step by step the creation of
    1.23 +SliTaz back in 2006. This tool was published in 2017, ten years after the first
    1.24 +cooking public release :-)
    1.25 +
    1.26 +Seb system will fit into a ~4MB ISO image for the realy base system, up to 10Mb
    1.27 +or more, but without X. If you are seraching for an even more small SliTaz 
    1.28 +version, please have a look to Tiny SliTaz: http://tiny.slitaz.org
    1.29 +
    1.30 +
    1.31 +Goals and features
    1.32 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1.33 +
    1.34 +  * Built fast and light servers or mediabox
    1.35 +  * Nice way to learn about creating Linux OS
    1.36 +  * Built small rescue systems in frugal mode
    1.37 +  * Fun playground for hackers and kids
    1.38 +
    1.39 +
    1.40 +Quickstart Guide:
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    1.42 +Build a distro in a few commands. Install seb or run it from source tree. After the
    1.43 +init command you can modify and add extra files in the embfs/ folder:
    1.44 +
    1.45 +  # mkdir my-seb; cd my-seb
    1.46 +  # seb init
    1.47 +  # seb -p sqlite --add
    1.48 +  # seb build
    1.49 +
    1.50 +
    1.51 +Build process & environment
    1.52 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1.53 +Seb is not compliling any tools, it will use Slitaz standard executable and
    1.54 +libraries - Seb-os is created on top of SliTaz. Packages installed in seb must
    1.55 +be on the build host, this is the case for the full basic sysem.
    1.56 +
    1.57 +Seb will build the custom operating system into the current directory or it
    1.58 +will read a seb.conf file to know the path to the work/build folder. Seb will
    1.59 +use these directories to work:
    1.60 +
    1.61 +  * rootfs/     The root filsysytem of the compressed operationg system
    1.62 +  * rootiso/    Root of the ISO image with rootfs.gz, bootloader and kernel
    1.63 +  * sebfs/      Custom files overwritting file into the rootfs
    1.64 +  * sebpkgs/    The packages to install into the distro
    1.65 +
    1.66 +
    1.67 +Frugal install
    1.68 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1.69 +A frugal installation let you boot your seb system without any installation and
    1.70 +with the all system running in memory. Basicaly you need to have the rootfs.gz
    1.71 +and the kernel in the /boot tree and a entry in Grub configuration file. SliTaz
    1.72 +provide a nifty little tools for frugal install:
    1.73 +
    1.74 +  # frugal path/to/image.iso
    1.75 +  
    1.76 +
    1.77 +Virtual disk
    1.78 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1.79 +A virtual disk let you have a persitstant filesystem when using Qemu or booting,
    1.80 +in frugal mode (recommended). It is useful when developping/debugging scripts 
    1.81 +that runs into a seb-os or to host web server virtual hosts. Create, mount or
    1.82 +umount disk:
    1.83 +
    1.84 +  # seb disk
    1.85 +
    1.86 +
    1.87 +Source code and devel guidelines
    1.88 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1.89 +Note even need to say that this tool MUST stay simple, fast, elegant and fun.
    1.90 +We dont want a super tool for complex system building, we have tazlito and Tiny
    1.91 +SliTaz for that. Seb is as close as possible of SliTaz first build, seb is
    1.92 +also a learning tool. Seb let you build sandbox os and rock solid web server.
    1.93 +
    1.94 +  * examples/       Various fs and scripts examples
    1.95 +  * initfs/         Initial files used to create the system
    1.96 +  * seb             SliTaz Embedded operation system builder
    1.97 +  * tools/          Various tools included or used to build an OS
    1.98 +  * packages/       SliTaz Embedded packages
    1.99 +  
   1.100 +
   1.101 +Gettext i18n
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   1.103 +No i18n with gettext in seb tools since seb distro dont include gettext-base.
   1.104 +
   1.105 +
   1.106 +================================================================================