Core OS

Core OS covers installation and configuration of basic functionality of Crux 3.4 Gnu\Linux operating system. This documentation try's to follow Crux HandBook installation method diverges, for example, by only installing and documenting gpt and grub2.

Read Crux HandBook, you can ask for help on freenode #crux. Check scripts folder the install process is automated and ports for extra ports used during the installation.

1. Install Crux 3.4 Gnu/Linux

• 1.1. Install Crux 3.4
  • 1.1.1. Download
  • 1.1.2. Prepare target
  • 1.1.3. Prepare install
  • 1.1.4. Install
  • 1.1.5. Install extra packages
  • 1.1.6. Install extra ports
  • 1.1.7. DNS Resolver
  • 1.1.8. Install Handbook
  • 1.1.9. Install Skeletons
• 1.2. Configure
  • 1.2.1. Set hostname and hosts
  • 1.2.2. Set timezone
  • 1.2.3. Set lacale
  • 1.2.4. Users
  • 1.2.5. File system table
  • 1.2.6. Initialization scripts
• 1.3. Boot
  • 1.3.1. Kernel
  • 1.3.2. Dracut
  • 1.3.3. Grub
  • 1.3.4. Recover
  • 1.3.5. Checkup
• 1.4. Ports
  • 1.4.1. Ports layout
  • 1.4.2. Build as user
  • 1.4.3. Configure pkgmk
  • 1.4.4. Configure prt-get
  • 1.4.5. Ccache and distcc

2. System Administration

• 2.1. Linux Kernel
  • 2.1.1. Download
  • 2.1.2. Configure
    • 2.1.2.1. General Setup
    • 2.1.2.2, Enable loadable module support
    • 2.1.2.3. Enable the block layer
    • 2.1.2.4. Processor type and features
    • 2.1.2.5 Power management and ACPI options
    • 2.1.2.6. Bus options (PCI etc.)
    • 2.1.2.7. Executable file formats / Emulations
    • 2.1.2.8. Networking support
    • 2.1.2.9. Device Drivers
    • 2.1.2.10. Firmware Drivers
    • 2.1.2.11. File systems
    • 2.1.2.12. Kernel hacking
    • 2.1.2.13. Security options
    • 2.1.2.14. Cryptographic API
    • 2.1.2.15. Virtualization
    • 2.1.2.16. Library routines
  • 2.1.3. Build
  • 2.1.5. Install
  • 2.1.6. Remove
• 2.2. Network
  • 2.2.1. Resolver
  • 2.2.2. Static ip
  • 2.2.3. Iptables
  • 2.2.4. Wpa and dhcpd
  • 2.2.5. NetworkManager
• 2.3. Package Management
  • 2.3.1. Update system
  • 2.3.2. Install ports and dependencies
  • 2.3.3. Ports collections
  • 2.3.3. Show port information
  • 2.3.4. Show port dependencies
  • 2.3.5. Print information
• 2.4. Terminals and shells
  • 2.4.1. Dash
  • 2.4.2. Bash
  • 2.4.3. Tmux
• 2.5. Exim
  • 2.5.1. Exim configuration
  • 2.5.2. Certificates
  • 2.5.3. Aliases
  • 2.5.4. Smarthost
  • 2.5.5. Fetchmail
• 2.6. Hardening
  • 2.6.1. AppArmor
  • 2.6.2. Sysctl
  • 2.6.3. Toolchain
  • 2.6.4. Samhain

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