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

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