On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Daniela wrote: > On Thursday 18 December 2003 03:33, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > Hi again, Could someone explain how to create a similar bootable CD-R of FreeBSD > > that, at boot-time, would mount root to a ramdisk and run Gnome or KDE > > automatically? Everything would have to use relative links and paths, eh? > > > > This Knoppix (Debian) Linux CD is a real life-saver (although I can't > > figure out how to mount the partition that has my 4.7-RELEASE root "/") and > > worth checking out. Give it as a gift to a techie on your list!!! > > I'm already doing this, with a few additional features such as mounting a > ramdisk over the entire root (so everything is writable), automatic saving > and restoring of changed files, automatic XFree86 configuration, ...
Knoppix is the same but AFAIK not automatic. > Everything is done in shellscript and AFAIK it will require no source code > change at all, and it works for all versions. Are you using the port "livecd" to accomplish this task? > I currently have no hosting for the project, so I'm doing everything alone, > but I'd really like to get other people involved as well. Regards, > Daniela For hosting needs, why not try www.sourceforge.net or www.sf.net ? I think that if the BSD community comes up with a clever enough name, we (i.e. FreeBSD?) could become an eyebrow-raising name like Lindows for example!! *smiles* -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder, Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
