I want to install only the Linux Kernel and install the bootstrap manually... like we did in good old DOS...
Boot from a live linux, Install the devices hd*/sd*/etc., Initialize disk, make partitions, activate a boot partition, format, copy Kernel files and write the boot sectors with the correct info so the kernel boots from the new device.
Are any Linux gurus listening...
Any further useful utils to copy to the new device are welcome...
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