Chapter 3. Filling, Configuring, and Pruning the Base File Image

3.1. Preparation

The directory ${BASE}/target/powerpc-603e-linux-gnu/powerpc-603e-linux-gnu contains a boilerplate files and directories for our target system's image. But many additional files and directories need to be added before it is a usable image. Personally, I prefer to leave this directory in its pristine state and rather build the target image someplace else: ${IMAGE}. This way I always have the boilerplate directories and files to come back to in case I mess something up. Therefore after creating the ${IMAGE} directory I:

$ cp -a ${BASE}/target/powerpc-603e-linux-gnu/powerpc-603e-linux-gnu/* ${IMAGE}