From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 22 21:47:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55249106566C for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:47:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7EEA8FC1B for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:47:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz20 with SMTP id 20so1323395bwz.13 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:47:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=wysLzd6g3isIDEo8rgaqUOdrnF0w77M1MH1ZwewGVEE=; b=yCk4HY/deB2Mk6v3R1A876rnITlzTxnMhVcGndMKBXdDor5r1Qhh2G4LW5E2Rz1Tnn aPR7CJfUSBRmhDKXP1uunxPyHgb5VjXhmUZdiDKDJ6T81SXQJJHhp7r21Px6PQqcULFQ DrSY2MVT0m/gO8Fx+JDs9CZpxUzy0I0NG8amg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=Ei5kYqFIw2OgkYKZCQlaO3raYrAUzpo6AWRSzQJIrXEM0AcHHsW9iILKDBnOKSzmet qoG7AGn5XO30kmPsRnrwOu+tgZbQdaXoTuQZ3OvKbQoZK/Abmv5wszHDlGgaqEIBlYfi qewSmVg9jlZZzRtb9EdYxtGHDRRmj1zbLcKrc= Received: by 10.204.8.10 with SMTP id f10mr2833106bkf.181.1282511985209; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:19:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.66.211 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:19:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100822185029.GV2978@hoeg.nl> References: <20100822185029.GV2978@hoeg.nl> From: Tim Judd Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:19:25 -0600 Message-ID: To: Ed Schouten Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A simple and hopefully usable FreeBSD live CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:47:31 -0000 > 1. Be sure to give the CD a try and share your experiences. Does it > work? Does it crash? Is it usable for you? If not, why not? > > 2. Would a CD like this be a good addition to the provided install > media? Does it actually solve shortcomings of the existing media? > > If people think it's a nice CD to work with, I could consider > integrating it into release(7). Thanks! > > I have, for longer than I can count, create my own livecds because the media that's produced have a shortcoming for some reason or other. Your CDs won't reach as many people as possible, I fear. I fear because I (for example) have no amd64 systems and just by the name of the snapshot cd image i need to have to use your script, I won't be able to use the final product. FYI, an i386 OS can run on amd64 bit chips, with the same rules that apply. However, the mfsroot/tmpfs hooks i'm interested to see, so I am looking over your script. I have a script that will build a i386 system from the ground up. I keep hacking it as my needs change. I'll provide it if people would rather have a "virgin" livecd based on the install cd sets or if it's better to have a patched one. Thanks for the email, i'll look at it.