Re: liveDVD

[Louisa Luciani <lolaluci@xxxxxxxxx>]

Max Herrgaard wrote:
> Matthew Dillon skrev:
> >     I got the DVD burned and it booted up just fine with the default UP
> >     kernel on my test box!  I was able to boot it from my external USB 
> > DVD
> >     drive as well, which is saying something.
> >
> >     I wasn't able to test the install because I am still testing some
> >     other stuff on the box in question, so I can't overwrite my HD just
> >     yet, but it went right into X and the graphical UI.  I was able to
> >     dhclient-up my network and play around with firefox.
> >
> >     This is very cool stuff!  I'm wondering how much interest Louisa has
> >     in continuing to polish it up and add even more packages and UI 
> > options,
> >     some automatic network setup, etc, for our end-of-year 2.2 release!
> >     It's ok if you don't have time.  If not I'll open it up to all the
> >     developers once Sascha commits the work.
> >
> >                         -Matt
>
> The install still needs some polishing. I think something like etc.hdd 
> from the live cd should be used. I guess right now everything is just 
> copied. This means you have to do some manual cleaning in /etc at first 
> boot, remove /etc/issue, remove livedvd-specific settings in rc.conf, 
> touch syslogd's files in /var/log, etc etc.
>
> About the boot loader installed. I don't think we should include boot 
> options for SMP/NOAPIC kernels since they aren't installed to hdd.
>
> This is just some minor issues with the install I guess... The live 
> environment on the other hand is really good, thanks Louisa!
>
>
>   -Max

Thanks for the kind words!
If I may I would definitely like to continue submitting improvements, although since
I don't know yet how much schoolwork I'll have, I don't want to prevent anyone else
from working on the DVD.
I'll be actively following and contributing with what I can :)

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Louisa Luciani
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