From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 21 15:51:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A11D916A4CE; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 15:51:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocket.alienwebshop.com (rocket.alienwebshop.com [216.120.226.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 407F443D8B; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 15:50:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from rocket (rocket [216.120.226.160]) by rocket.alienwebshop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA8DFF7A; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:50:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:50:11 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: pete@rocket.alienwebshop.com To: Daniela In-Reply-To: <200312220036.11037.dgw@liwest.at> Message-ID: <20031221184635.H66970@rocket.alienwebshop.com> References: <20031217222838.E32991@rocket.alienwebshop.com> <200312220036.11037.dgw@liwest.at> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD-Advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG cc: FreeBSD LIST Subject: Re: www.knoppix.net and maybe one day "FreeBSDCDR?" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 23:51:28 -0000 On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, 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, ... Knoppix is the same but AFAIK not automatic. > Everything is done in shellscript and AFAIK it will require no source code > change at all, and it works for all versions. Are you using the port "livecd" to accomplish this task? > 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. Regards, > Daniela For hosting needs, why not try www.sourceforge.net or www.sf.net ? I think that if the BSD community comes up with a clever enough name, we (i.e. FreeBSD?) could become an eyebrow-raising name like Lindows for example!! *smiles* -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder, Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com