From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 21 16:15:48 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 7123A16A4CE; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:15:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from lilzmailso02.liwest.at (lilzmailso02.liwest.at [212.33.55.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F0B43D54; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:15:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dgw@liwest.at) Received: from cm58-27.liwest.at ([212.33.58.27]) by lilzmailso02.liwest.at with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AYDjd-0006vs-Kz; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:15:45 +0100 From: Daniela To: Peter Leftwich Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:13:39 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <20031217222838.E32991@rocket.alienwebshop.com> <200312220036.11037.dgw@liwest.at> <20031221184635.H66970@rocket.alienwebshop.com> In-Reply-To: <20031221184635.H66970@rocket.alienwebshop.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312220113.39573.dgw@liwest.at> 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: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:15:48 -0000 On Sunday 21 December 2003 23:50, Peter Leftwich wrote: > 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? No, only standard tools, and my shellscripts. > > 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!! I'd rather make sure the effort goes directly into the FreeBSD project. Making this a separate OS wouldn't really benefit the BSD community.