Re: Bootonly CDROM utilities

From: Matteo Riondato (rionda_at_gufi.org)
Date: 02/29/04

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    To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
    Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:31:35 +0100
    
    
    

    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)
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    Sent from: kaiser.sig11.org running FreeBSD-5.2-CURRENT
    
    



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