gbootroot/yard/templates/Example-Mini.yard

#  $Id$
#  Example-Mini.yard
#
#  Creates a minimalistic S runlevel root filesystem with not much more than 
#  a shell.  
# 
#  Create either as a normal user or root.
#
#  Works both with and without devfs, i.e devfs=nomount.

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#
# Format rules:
#  - Lines beginning with # or % are comments.
#
#  - Blank lines and whitespace are ignored.
#
#  - Lines of the form "filename1 ->  filename2" will create symbolic (soft)
#    links on the root fs.  For example, if you want sh linked to ash
#    in the root fs you could specify: "/bin/sh -> /bin/ash".
#    The literal output from the last column found when using `ls -s`
#    may be used, or fictional links may be created, for instance,  
#    ashsa -> bash (In this case if /bin/bash exists on the system the link 
#    would be /bin/ashsa -> /bin/bash, otherwise /asha -> /bash)
#    (There is no way to specify hardlinks, though hard linked files
#    that exist on the hard disk will be hard linked.)
#
#  - Lines of the form "filename1 <= Replacements/pathto_filename2"
#    will cause filename2 to be copied to filename1 on the root fs.
#    This is useful for specifying trimmed-down replacements for
#    /etc/passwd, /etc/inittab, etc.  For the above example, filename2 
#    is found in its real path below the Replacements directory which is 
#    found in the default Replacements path of $HOME/yard/Replacements.
#    Replacements may be specified in their absolute or relative paths 
#    (found using $PATH). 
#
#  - User defined paths may be specified in the Path Box 
#    (Edit->Settings->Path).  These paths may be used to search for the 
#    relative paths for Replacements, links and files.
#     
#  - Glob designations (?, * and []) are generally allowed, eg /dev/hd[ab]*
#    Wildcards are not allowed in link specs or replacement specs.
#
#  - The $RELEASE variable which may be used to locate the modules directory 
#    can come from one of three sources,  the kernel version returned from a 
#    selected kernel in the main section, 
#    a user defined kernel version in the ABS, or the value of `uname -r` 
#    returned automatically when the other two sources aren't specified.
#
#    You don't need to specify shared libraries or loaders because
#    necessary libraries are detected automatically.  

#    You may choose between two behaviors for the treatment of NSS and PAM 
#    libraries.  The old Yard behavior assumes that only the user knows which
#    service modules they want to include in the file set, and tests 
#    (see Tests menu) may be run on the configuration files to show what isn't
#    provided, so that the user can include the missing modules manually by 
#    editing the template, but the user still needs to figure out any 
#    dependencies since the modules are dynamically loaded.
#
#    The new Yard behavior (default) assumes that the user does know what they
#    want based on what the user puts in the NSS (nsswitch.conf) and PAM 
#    (pam.conf or pam.d/*) configuration files.  The configuration files are 
#    then parsed and the corresponding service modules are included in the 
#    file set if they exist on the host system, tests (see Tests menu) can be 
#    run to find out which ones don't exist.   The service modules are checked
#    for library dependencies.  What this means is that the user only needs
#    to specify the configuration files in the template, and doesn't need to 
#    be concerned with the service modules or libraries involved.  The new 
#    behavior is recommended, and won't effect the file set even if the 
#    requirements are already included in the template.  If desired, the old 
#    behavior may be regained by switching off Edit->Settings->"NSS Conf" 
#    and Edit->Settings->"PAM Conf".
#
#    You don't need to explicitly specify intermediate directories unless you
#    just want to make sure they exist.
#
##############################################################################

# This is to demonstrate how init can be anything.  It could be sash, busybox,
# perl, an alternative init binary or even a script (assuming there is an 
# interpreter around).  
#
# Bash is good for this minimalistic example because it includes echo 
# (amongst many things) to let you see what is around, and is standard
# for the vast majority of distributions.  You pass the option 
# init=/bin/bash to the kernel to start in the S runlevel.  

bash
/dev/console