#redwood

The goal of this project is provide a source-based Linux image, in this case Buildroot, to boot to a Motorola NeXT Computer environment via Previous.

#Technologies

• Buildroot
• Previous
• frnt
• SDL2

#Methods

Standard processes for bootstrapping a Buildroot environment were followed:

make def_raspberrypi2_config

make menuconfig

Packaging and building Previous from source, using the Buildroot methods (Config.in, previous.mk, etc.) are desired. In the interim, a build of Previous for Raspberry Pi is included.

A filesystem overlay is used in the image to provide the necessary data files for Previous, The contents of that overlay directory structure are in a seperate git repository; Previous-data.

A basic Openstep 4.2 image is included. This image contains the Patches for Y2k (Patch Release 4).

A basic init replacement is in development, currently available as a panel to common activities:

• Network configuration
• Raspberry Pi configuration
• Previous.cfg editor
• Exit to shell
• Prepare disk image
• Show configuration
• NFS client configuration

Devlopment is currently done with a Debian x86_64 Jessie build environment. An ARM image based on redwood is at https://github.com/itomato/redwood-developer. This system provides a native toolchain and package management for deployment in the trimmed-down release.