Chapter 3. Saving Space

Table of Contents
3.1. Analysis
3.2. Design
3.2.1. Shared Libraries
3.2.2. Stripped Binaries
3.2.3. Compressed Root Filesystem
3.3. Construction
3.3.1. Create a ramdisk
3.3.2. Rebuild the BASH shell
3.3.3. Determine which libraries are required
3.3.4. Copy BASH and its libraries to the ramdisk
3.3.5. Create a console device
3.3.6. Compress the ramdisk image
3.3.7. Copy the compressed image to diskette
3.4. Implementation
3.4.1. System startup
3.4.2. Verify results
3.4.3. System shutdown