Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:31:35 +0100 From: Matteo Riondato <rionda@gufi.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bootonly CDROM utilities Message-ID: <1078065095.81511.15.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> In-Reply-To: <4040CF8A.90709@cinci.rr.com> References: <403FDFF1.6070805@forrie.com> <4040CF8A.90709@cinci.rr.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Il Sab, 2004-02-28 alle 18:27, Mike B ha scritto: > Forrest Aldrich wrote: > > > If we're going to have a bootable CD-R in the distribution, it might be > > useful/handy to have ancilliary utilities on that disc, to do partition > > mangling (etc) as well. There's plenty of space now, at least. ;-) > > You might want to check out freesbie in the ports. It allows you to > build and manipulate a mock FS before it gets packed with mkisofs. In my > experience most of the scripts did work for creating the live fs but I > had to manually copy the rc.live file from the freesbie dir to the > livecd dir. FYI: --Forwared Message-- From: Dario Freni <saturnero@gufi.org> > To: freesbie@gufi.org > Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > Subject: FreeSBIE-1.0-i386 Released > Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:51:04 +0100 > > The FreeSBIE project is proud to announce the release of > FreeSBIE-1.0-i386.iso > > FreeSBIE is a bootable CD with the FreeBSD operating system and a > collection of software to address the needs of an etherogeneus public. > > FreeSBIE-1.0 is based on FreeBSD 5.2.1 for the ia32 platform, and has a > hardware recognition system which lets it find automagically all the > peripherals supported on FreeBSD 5.2.1. > > FreeSBIE-1.0-i386.iso is the result of the toolkit provided for FreeBSD, > and is released to show the power of the operating system and of > FreeSBIE itself. > > FreeSBIE-1.0-i386.iso is addressed to the following categories of users: > > - System Administrators; > - Developers; > - Final users; > > With FreeSBIE-1.0-i386.iso it is possible to satisfy users who: > > - have the need for multimedia applications; > - make deep network analysis; > - have problems with damaged or unusable FreeBSD installations; > - want to test new FreeBSD functionalities; > - need a completely functional FreeBSD system; > - want to illustrate and/or release a product based on FreeBSD; > - need the power of FreeBSD but don't have the immediate chance to > install it/configure it. > > FreeSBIE-1.0-i386.iso is also designed for day-to-day use through a > collection of programs which come with it, thought for a typical > workstation use: > > - Evolution as Personal Information Manager; > - Gaim as Instant Messenger; > - Pan as newsreader; > - XMMS and MPlayer as multimedia players; > - XChat as IRC client > > For a complete list of available applications on FreeSBIE-1.0-i386.iso, > check the file FreeSBIE-1.0-pkgs.txt available on our FTP sites (see > below). > When choosing the applications we tried to address both the needs of the > desktop users and console users. In fact we give you the chance to use > Mutt, as well as Evolution, and together with Firefox we provide links, > while with XChat we offer irssi. > > Those interested in downloading our software, can find > FreeSBIE-1.0-i386.iso on the following FTP sites: > > ftp://ftp.freesbie.org > ftp://ftp2.freesbie.org > > > The main website for the FreeSBIE toolkit is: > http://www.FreeSBIE.org > > where you can also find some more explicative screenshots. > > Our thanks for the help provided goes to: > All the ones who are excluded from this list; > All the authors of the included packages; > The FreeBSD Team (http://www.FreeBSD.org); > The Italian FreeBSD Users Group (http://www.gufi.org); > nocomp@d173.com for the hardware donated; > fjoe@FreeBSD.org for the cloop utility FreeBSD port (compressed > filesystem) > > > FreeSBIE-1.0-i386.iso will surely not be error-prone, wanted or not, but > it's a 1.0 release, and as such please beg our pardon for our mistakes. > To contact the members of the FreeSBIE project, we invite you to visit > the project's website in the "contacts" section. > > Some programs included are released under the GPL license. The related > sources can be found on the homepages of the rispected projects. > > The FreeSBIE project remains open to suggestions, developments and > observations. Hoping to have created a usable product, efficient and > satisfying for your needs, we wish you > > a great fun with FreeSBIE, > The FreeSBIE project Regards -- Rionda aka Matteo Riondato G.U.F.I Staff Member (http://www.gufi.org) BSD-FAQ-it Main Developer (http://www.gufi.org/~rionda) GPG key at: http://www.riondabsd.net/riondagpg.asc Sent from: kaiser.sig11.org running FreeBSD-5.2-CURRENT [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAQffH2Mp4pR7Fa+wRAvYYAJ9AOEMpzj+RXc9zkki7P8PL3GItFACeNNTr phP5s+Tf5jfKSCQA679R+XQ= =LoSJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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