Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 13:18:06 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net> Cc: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, Michael Doyle <relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Advocacy Message-ID: <19990402131806.S413@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3704378B.8F9281B5@uswest.net>; from Nocturne on Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 07:20:43PM -0800 References: <3.0.5.32.19990401160343.007d6620@199.107.2.1> <370395C4.899B3EFE@thuntek.net> <19990402121748.Q413@lemis.com> <3704378B.8F9281B5@uswest.net>
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On Thursday, 1 April 1999 at 19:20:43 -0800, Nocturne wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> On Thursday, 1 April 1999 at 8:50:28 -0700, Donald Wilde wrote: >>> Michael Doyle wrote: >>>> >>>> Here's an idea for promoting FreeBSD- >>>> >>>> Last week I picked up a PC magazine that had Linux on the >>>> cover disk (a 1 CD distribution of Red Hat) >>>> >>>> Couldn't we put together a 1 CD install/distribution >>>> of either 2.2.8 or 3.1 and get one or more of the PC >>>> magazines to put it on their covers? >>>> >>> We have talked about this. The short answer is "yes", but it's got to >>> either work from the CDROm or install onto the FAT32 system. Another >>> improvement is to make it a 'newbie demo' version that would come up >>> pretty for newbies with a lot of eye-catching demo stuff. We will >>> definitely re-visit this issue. I'm going to be in Concord, CA the 7-8-9 >>> to visit with Jordan and the folks from WC. We'll talak about this & >>> many other things! >> >> Cybernet were giving away a CD which runs FreeBSD directly from the CD >> at USENIX last year. It was a demo for their NetMax software, which >> runs on FreeBSD, but it should be possible to modify it to run >> straight FreeBSD. Contact Michael Suarez <msuarez@cybernet.com>. > > The WC set already has a live filesystem on it, couldn't we just use > that, then modify it for flashiness, like include a splash screen, > full XF86 install and Mozilla? Well, there's more than flashiness. You need to be able to write to the file systems, so you need a bit more. Maybe something like PicoBSD on the CD would be the way to go. On the other hand, Cybernet has already figured out how to do it. I'm reasonably sure that they wouldn't want money for the concepts (obviously they probably would for NetMax, but that's not the issue). Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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