Re: Bootonly CDROM utilities

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_at_gufi.org>
> To: freesbie_at_gufi.org
> Cc: freebsd-chat_at_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_at_d173.com for the hardware donated;
> fjoe_at_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

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