Chapter 3. Saving Space

Table of Contents

1. Analysis
2. Design
2.1. Shared Libraries
2.2. Stripped Binaries
2.3. Compressed Root Filesystem
3. Construction
3.1. Create a ramdisk
3.2. Rebuild the BASH shell
3.3. Determine which libraries are required
3.4. Copy BASH and its libraries to the ramdisk
3.5. Create a console device
3.6. Compress the ramdisk image
3.7. Copy the compressed image to diskette
4. Implementation
4.1. System startup
4.2. Verify results
4.3. System shutdown