From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 00:16:52 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCEE510656A4 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:16:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B968FC13 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:16:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from park.js.berklix.net (p549A369A.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.54.154]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o7O0GiZJ023748; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:16:45 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by park.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o7O0GXff051501; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:16:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o7O0GIn2007299; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:16:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201008240016.o7O0GIn2007299@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Tim Judd From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:19:25 MDT." Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:16:18 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: Ed Schouten , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A simple and hopefully usable FreeBSD live CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:16:52 -0000 From: Tim Judd > I have, for longer than I can count, create my own livecds because the media > that's produced have a shortcoming for some reason or other. I automated my own build from sources (not .iso) of combined install + live CDROMs, a frighteningly long time ago: My top Makefile: -rw-r--r-- 1 jhs staff 128333 Apr 30 2004 Makefile The oldest custom printed bootable CDROM in my disc wallet is labelled: 18 Aug 2001, FreeBSD-4.3; The newest is 2003.09.14, FreeBSD-4.8. Back then it was novel. FreeBSD did similar later. I kept quiet at the time while negotiating with DrDobbs magazine & 1 or 2 others, to try to get a FreeBSD CD issued with a magazine issue. Negotiations slowly fizzled out, & I never got round to releasing it. Just archeological interest now, that Makefile, The cdrom.ps labels still format OK from the groff sources, 7 years on :-) Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text, Not HTML, quoted-printable & base 64 dumped with spam. Avoid top posting, It cripples itemised cumulative responses.