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[m.w.chang]

and this root should be something like the Ark of Convenant, an sacret 
relic for linux. :)

m.w.chang wrote:
> so if Mr. Trvoald is to define/set a root for the whole family of linux 
> kernels, a root that's not rooted on Minix, what version of linux would 
> he use?
> 
> linux-0.1? can it really boots, compiles and install the newer linux 
> kernels? is this inheritence lost already as the kernel evolved?
> 
>> He used Minix (Andrew Tannenbaum) to bootstrap Linux. Eventually,
>> he got to the point where the kernel could bootstrap and, once he
>> had some tools, went from there. The rest, as they say, is history.
> 

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