From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 25 14:50:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BBA116A4CE for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:50:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from knight.ixsystems.net (afg.ixsystems.net [206.40.55.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3433343F3F for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:50:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matto@knight.ixsystems.net) Received: from knight.ixsystems.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knight.ixsystems.net (8.12.10/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hAPMhPAS051101; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:43:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matto@knight.ixsystems.net) Received: (from matto@localhost) by knight.ixsystems.net (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id hAPMhOlZ051099; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:43:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matto) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:43:24 -0800 From: Matt Olander To: Dan Strick Message-ID: <20031125144324.A50916@knight.ixsystems.net> References: <200311252239.hAPMdTuh000477@mist.nodomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200311252239.hAPMdTuh000477@mist.nodomain>; from strick@covad.net on Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 02:39:29PM -0800 cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org cc: dan@mist.nodomain Subject: Re: 10th Anniversary Live Bootable CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:50:13 -0000 On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 02:39:29PM -0800, Dan Strick wrote: > Has anyone tried out the FreeBSD 10th Anniversary Live Bootable CD given > out last night at the FreeBSD 10th Anniversary party in San Francisco? > I was hoping it would make a convenient emergency fixit CD and be a good > FreeBSD advocacy tool. I gave it a spin this morning. It spit out > disconcerting warning and error messages while booting, required some > manual configuration during bootstrap, was missing a lot of programs > needed for system repairs (e.g. boot0cfg), required some fudging to > fsck a ufs file system and pasting into an xterm using the middle > mouse button didn't work. hey Dan, we made it more as a novelty and portable desktop than a fixit. that's why we were also giving out full FreeBSD box sets too ;) honestly, we didn't really have alot of time but we tested it on quite a few systems and it worked pretty well. the slightly manual X config is so it will work on more systems than not. it's definitely going to be a work in progress and we're thinking of doing a couple of different versions, such as a fixit and a desktop. > Worse, the CD is too small to use as a coaster. not if your drinking a glass of port ;) > Has anyone had a better experience? > > (Note: I don't intend this as a serious complaint. After all, it was > a freebie. However, I was somewhat disappointed.) as I said, that's our first version and Seth Kingsley did put alot of work into it, but we didn't have much time before the party. I expect it will get much better before it gets worse. -matt -- Matt Olander (408)943-4100 Phone (408)943-4101 Fax www.offmyserver.com -- "Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't" -Mark Twain