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Program: gBootRoot pronounced "bOOtrOOt"
License: GNU General Public License
The Makefile included with this source package doesn't attempt
to figure out whether your system has the proper requirements.
It may seem like a great idea to have a configure script, but
these things can fail, besides gbootroot is a program designed for users
who intend to build distributions and boot disks, so understanding what
things are required to get gbootroot to work completely can be quite
beneficial. At the very least, do a "make", and try gbootroot because the
program will tell you what things are missing - hopefully nothing - and then
you can refer to this README for help.
The Makefile included with this source package doesn't figure out whether
your system has the proper requirements. However, it isn't difficult to
understand what is necessary to get gbootroot to work. First type "make" and
then run gbootroot. The program will indicate to you whether anything is
missing. If it doesn't work at all, it's generally due to not having gtk-perl
installed. If the user-mode-linux kernel doesn't work, it may be an
architecture issue. If you need to customize the kernel, there are general
directions in this README. If a boot or root method are missing required
programs, pop-up dialog boxes and information from the verbosity box will
give a good indication of what is causing the problem.
Out of the box this program works with the i386 architecture, for other
architectures genext2fs and user-mode-linux will need to be compiled if

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