febootstrap - Bootstrap a basic Fedora system
by Richard W.M. Jones (rjones@redhat.com)
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febootstrap is a Fedora equivalent to Debian's debootstrap.  You can
use it to create a basic Fedora filesystem.

There are currently some restrictions compared to debootstrap.

For instructions, restrictions, examples etc. please read the manpage
febootstrap(8).

Requirements
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  fakeroot
    - Tested with version 1.11.

  fakechroot > 2.8 or 2.8 + patch
    - NB. KNOWN NOT TO WORK WITH 2.8.  You MUST apply the patch
      'fakechroot-2.8-relchroot.patch' to the fakechroot sources
      and recompile.  Hopefully this patch will be included in
      future versions of fakechroot.

  yum
    - Tested with version 3.2.
    - Needs network access to a Fedora repository, or a local
      Fedora mirror.

  perldoc
    - This is just used to generate the manpage.

  bash

  MAKEDEV

  upx
    - Ultimate Packer for eXecutables, for minimizing binaries

  qemu
    - If you want to test-run your systems.

Building and installing
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  ./configure
  make
  sudo make install

Feedback and bugs
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Send feedback to rjones@redhat.com.  You can file bugs in
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/