@landley I guess I'm just trying to force myself into mastering this because a working #1440kB sized #Linux that does more than #cat text files is nifty...

Even if it just works as a means of being a #RescueSystem or #SSH #terminal...

Maybe I've to really focus on just getting it done...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwUPs5N9I6I&t=375s

The Most Amazing Software Ever Created

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And I think that a #minimalist #embedded / #desktop & #server #Linux has a lot of merits.

Because it can be flexible and useful even if a System does have plenty of resources to handle something bulkier than OS/1337.

And lets face it: Having some self-booting #minimal Linux that starts a #SSH server and allows to act as #RescueSystem or do basic #Setup if not #Backup & #Restore would come in handy regardless if one has a #BMC with #LOM & #iKVM or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0&t=2545s

#OS1337 #toybox

Embedded Linux Conference 2013 - Toybox: Writing a New Command Line From Scratch

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@smyth But as some versatile #RescueSystem one can blindly let a machine boot into and do basics like SSH into, wipe and/or recover data and #chainload other OSes like an Install ISO from a different drive...

Kinda like the #Foreman #iPXE bootdisk, but better, since it can be used interactively and non-interactively...