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		dmitrygr on July 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My business card runs Linux Fun story: since the kernel is kept in a FAT partition that Linux can (and does) mount on /boot, and since gcc works, one of these cards is currently sitting on my desk compiling its own kernel, so that i can then "cp vmlinux /boot; reboot" and have it boot a kernel built on it.

yjftsjthsd-h on July 13, 2022 [–]

Please do post an addendum to the page with the time it takes:)

dmitrygr on July 13, 2022 | [–]

it is slowly working on it :)

https://twitter.com/dmitrygr/status/1547099180220518400

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