linux from nothing

[Kurt Wall]

Feigning erudition, Net Llama! wrote:

[...]
 
% I think he meant, how do you create an OS when you have nothing.  Using
% Knoppix is kinda cheating, cause you're using the OS to create the OS.
% Linus didn't have Linux to self-host his original kernel.

Right. He bootstrapped from Minix.

Kurt
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