From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 16:54:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2710016A4CE; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:54:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from lilzmailso01.liwest.at (lilzmailso01.liwest.at [212.33.55.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE8F243D68; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:54:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dgw@liwest.at) Received: from cm58-27.liwest.at ([212.33.58.27]) by lilzmailso01.liwest.at with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AYxIb-0007sb-K5; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:54:53 +0100 From: Daniela To: Peter Leftwich , FreeBSD LIST Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:49:51 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <20031217222838.E32991@rocket.alienwebshop.com> <200312220036.11037.dgw@liwest.at> In-Reply-To: <200312220036.11037.dgw@liwest.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312240149.51306.dgw@liwest.at> cc: FreeBSD-Advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: www.knoppix.net and maybe one day "FreeBSDCDR?" X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 00:54:59 -0000 On Monday 22 December 2003 00:36, Daniela wrote: > On Thursday 18 December 2003 03:33, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > Could someone explain how to create a similar bootable CD-R of FreeBSD > > that, at boot-time, would mount root to a ramdisk and run Gnome or KDE > > automatically? Everything would have to use relative links and paths, > > eh? > > > > This Knoppix (Debian) Linux CD is a real life-saver (although I can't > > figure out how to mount the partition that has my 4.7-RELEASE root "/") > > and worth checking out. Give it as a gift to a techie on your list!!! > > I'm already doing this, with a few additional features such as mounting a > ramdisk over the entire root (so everything is writable), automatic saving > and restoring of changed files, automatic XFree86 configuration, ... > Everything is done in shellscript and AFAIK it will require no source code > change at all, and it works for all versions. > > I currently have no hosting for the project, so I'm doing everything alone, > but I'd really like to get other people involved as well. Alright, I uploaded some stuff. It's at user.berklix.org/~dgw.