[ale] Which came first?

[Gary Maltzen]

You take the source to another computer/OS and (cross-)compile and link it
for the target computer...

For example: use a SunOS SPARC system with gcc to cross-compile and link
i386 code
For example: use a Coherent, SCO or Xenix system to compile and link i386
code

----- Original Message -----
 From: <JANINDRA at MS.NDCORP.COM>


> If one was starting from scratch:
>
> How can you compile Linux(kernel) on a system that doesn't already have
> Linux or the GNU software (make, cat, tar, etc..)  on it? How could you
have
> a system without a kernel? Does anyone have any docs that help answer
these
> questions? I am trying to expand my Linux studies beyond the typical "buy
a
> distro and install it".