On 14. Jun 2003 at 16:05, Buchan Milne wrote: > Tibor Pittich said: > > On 14. Jun 2003 at 10:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> I think a lot of the tools from Knoppix could be used for this, and it > >> should not be too difficult. > > > > no one tool is needed from knoppix. there is only needed isolinux (which > > is in mdk) to allow booting from cd, and optionally cloop for compressed > > root file system. > > I assume cloop needs to be in-kernel (or as a module in the initrd?). Plus > IIRC there is a user-space tool?
cloop only should be only into initrd. user-space tool - you mean create_compressed_fs? this is product from cloop compilation. > > for hardware autodetection we have harddrake, and it > > works similar like knoppix hw detection and works fine > > Is it good enough to run the harddrake service to configure all hardware > out-the-box? as i say, it works fine for me. tested at aprox. 10 different machines, some notebooks. there is some problems with sound, but this is maybe about cooperation with alsa? > > for my pre-release project to bootable live cd based on cooker for > > slovak/czech users :) > > I was also meaning things like: > 1)splash screen for isolinux i create my custom ;) but this is documented, how create your own splash screen. > 2)pre-prepared home directory (/home/knoppix on Knoppix) this one (ok, not only this one;) ) i borrowed from minicd project (which is unfortunatelly dead?): http://www.linuxminicd.org/ > 3)Support for floppyconfig (like Knoppix) i don't know what is this. nowhere i use floppy ;) > 4)Support in drakxtools to configure devices (ie network cards) without > having to write a config file to a non-writeable FS (or is /etc writable > in Knoppix?) sure, /etc and /home directory is typically mounted into ramdisk > 5)Support for some of the features only available in some versions of > Knoppix (encrypted home directory on USB storage, encrypted swap with > one-time key) > 6)A script to pull it all together which generates an ISO. i have this still only on my disk and it is still too complicated to reproducing. but if bootable cd idea is good enough for mandrake, i can create (maybe) it reproductable (you know what i mean?) > 7)Configs for said script which generates a bootable CD of different > configurations. > All the real competition (Debian, SuSE, Gentoo) already have something > like this, it would be cool to have an easy-to-use script for Mandrake so > we can blow them all out of the water (allowing users to make bootable > Games CDs, bootable firewalls, bootable forensics, bootable cluster, > bootable drakTermServ, compile cluster (distcc?) etc. > > If we could get configs contributed for this kind of thing in the package, > it could be very cool ... as i say, i active work about this. i try make public available version for creating custom iso's and i try documenting it, but i don't know when.. -- member of Advanced InternetWorks group -> http://www.ainetworks.sk professional home page -> http://tibor.pittich.sk personal home page -> http://c0re.phuture.sk
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