Build dahliaOS with Buildroot

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Special thanks to PS4Linux (opens in a new tab) for some of the build instructions and Advanced Climate Systems (opens in a new tab) where this project is initially based on.

Requirements

Ethernet connection (reccommended for data downloads), a quad-core x86_64 CPU and at least 8 GiB of RAM when compiling.
4C/8T or better CPU with 10 GB of RAM for optimal speeds.
Decent amount of hard drive space, around 64 GB is recommended if you clear out the build directory often.

It takes around 8 hours to build a full image from scratch on a Dell Optiplex 790 with a 3.0 GHz i5-2400 CPU and 16 GB of RAM.

sudo dnf install docker && sudo systemctl start docker

sudo docker pull ghcr.io/dahliaos/buildroot:latest

sudo docker run -i --name buildroot_output ghcr.io/dahliaos/buildroot /bin/echo "Data only."

git clone https://github.com/dahliaos/buildroot.git

Go into the cloned buildroot directory and run sudo ./build make or if you want to, you can first make changes to Busybox(init), Linux and Buildroot settings, once you're done just run sudo ./build make.

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The build script is used to connect to the docker container and to pass commands to it.