From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 20 14:58:31 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 20 14:58:27 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bryden.apana.org.au (bryden.apana.org.au [203.3.126.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 167C137B400 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 14:58:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from roadrunner (roadrunner.apana.org.au [203.3.126.132]) by bryden.apana.org.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA10667; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:04:01 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) Message-ID: <012f01c06ad9$abc907a0$847e03cb@apana.org.au> From: "Doug Young" To: "David Thiel" , References: <006001c06ad6$b303f320$f3c990c6@redundancy.org> Subject: Re: custom bootable cd crisis Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:07:25 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This sounds like a very worthwhile project. I've supported a few kiosk operations that use either some rendition of Windows or AppleMac equivalents ..... none of them has proven to be anywhere near reliable. I managed to get Windows running off a CD (with a small hard drive for swap space) but there's gotta be a better way !!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Thiel" To: Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 8:46 AM Subject: custom bootable cd crisis > Hi all, > > I know some folks who have gotten a rather big contract to set up a number > of kiosks for a library - currently they're using RedHat, because they could > easily find instructions for making a bootable CD with a working OS on it. > However, I don't intend on letting anyone I know use RedHat 7.0 if at all > possible. What I need to know is, how would one make a bootable CD with a > full FreeBSD install, ie, X11, Netscape, etc.? I think if I can get this > information for them, I can sway them from the dark side. I'd really > appreciate any help... > > -lx > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message