Download the e2fsprogs source code package from http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2fsprogs/

bash# cd /usr/src/e2fsprogs-1.35
bash# export CC="gcc -mcpu=i386"
bash# ./configure --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu
bash# make
bash# cd e2fsck
bash# cp e2fsck.shared ~/staging/sbin/e2fsck
bash# ln -s e2fsck ~/staging/sbin/fsck.ext2
bash# cd ../misc
bash# cp fsck mke2fs ~/staging/sbin
bash# ln -s mke2fs ~/staging/sbin/mkfs.ext2

Get the latest util-linux source from ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/utils/util-linux/

bash# cd /usr/src/util-linux-2.12h

Use a text editor to make the following changes to MCONFIG:

bash# ./configure
bash# make
bash# cp disk-utils/mkfs ~/staging/sbin
bash# cp fdisk/fdisk ~/staging/sbin
bash# cp login-utils/agetty ~/staging/sbin
bash# ln -s agetty ~/staging/sbin/getty
bash# cp login-utils/login ~/staging/bin
bash# cp misc-utils/kill ~/staging/bin
bash# cp mount/mount ~/staging/bin
bash# cp mount/umount ~/staging/bin
bash# cp mount/swapon ~/staging/sbin
bash# cp sys-utils/dmesg ~/staging/bin

bash# ldd ~/staging/bin/* | more
bash# ldd ~/staging/sbin/* | more
bash# ls ~/staging/lib

All of the dependencies revealed by the ldd command are for libraries already present in the staging area so there is no need to copy anything new.

bash# strip ~/staging/bin/*
bash# strip ~/staging/sbin/*

bash# mknod ~/staging/dev/ram0 b 1 0
bash# mknod ~/staging/dev/fd0 b 2 0
bash# mknod ~/staging/dev/null c 1 3

bash# cd ~/staging/etc

Use an editor like vi, emacs or pico to create the following file and save it as ~/staging/etc/fstab.

proc        /proc   proc   defaults   0   0
/dev/ram0   /       ext2   defaults   1   1

Create an empty mtab file.

bash# echo -n >mtab

Use an editor to create the following shell script and save it as ~/staging/etc/init.d/local_fs:

#!/bin/sh
#
# local_fs - check and mount local filesystems
#
PATH=/sbin:/bin ; export PATH

fsck -ATCp
if [ $? -gt 1 ]; then
  echo "Filesystem errors still exist!  Manual intervention required."
  /bin/sh
else
  echo "Remounting / as read-write."
  mount -n -o remount,rw /
  echo -n >/etc/mtab
  mount -f -o remount,rw /
  echo "Mounting local filesystems."
  mount -a -t nonfs,nosmbfs
fi
#
# end of local_fs

Set execute permissions on the script.

bash# chmod +x local_fs

bash# cd /
bash# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ram7 bs=1k count=4096
bash# mke2fs -m0 /dev/ram7 4096
bash# mount /dev/ram7 /mnt
bash# cp -dpR ~/staging/* /mnt
bash# umount /dev/ram7
bash# dd if=/dev/ram7 of=~/phase4-image bs=1k count=4096
bash# gzip -9 ~/phase4-image

Insert the diskette labeled "root disk" into drive fd0.

bash# dd if=~/phase4-image.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k