Goal

To build a minimal Debian based Linux system with a fully functional bash shell, TCP/IP networking with DHCP client and apt setup to be able to install any package from the Debian repositories. The resulting system will use about 157 MB disk space and consume less than 10 MB RAM.

This is now implemented in Bachata Linux.

Prerequisites

A Debian based Linux system to work from (e.g. Ubuntu desktop) with the debootstrap and extlinux packages installed. Some virtualization environment is highly recommended for testing, such as KVM/QEMU.

By default, the MySQL data is placed in /var/lib/mysql, which is a reasonable default. However, sometimes you want to place it somewhere else, such as on an other file system. Using a symlink doesn’t seem to work, so you have follow this procedure.

To move the MySQL data directory from /var/lib to /mnt/mydata, run these commands as root:

1. apt-get install mysql-server
2. service mysql stop
3. mv /var/lib/mysql /mnt/mydata/
4. replace /var/lib/mysql with /mnt/mydata/mysql in
   • /etc/passwd – mysql
   • /etc/mysql/my.cnf – [mysqld] datadir
   • /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld (twice)
5. service mysql start