On Mar 13, 2013, at 11:40 AM, lfs- dev.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:39 PM, cybertao - psyber...@gmail.com > wrote: >> I elected to use 'Os' optimisations on my current compilation >> round. I >> understand it to be safe option and can only assume it help when it >> comes to >> compressing the filesystem into an archive on a limited media >> choice. But I >> am no expert on the subject and would appreciate suggestions. >> -- > > Thank you for taking on this task. We have been in grave need of an > .iso specific to this project for quite some time. > > As you can see from the beginnings of the effort, it would also be > useful if a carefully written hint were left for the next person to be > so generous. > > Thank you. > I have been updating the 6.3 livecd for 7.x releases. It can also be used to build previous releases. I spent the afternoon and evening updating and testing the current updated livecd for the 7.3 release. All are welcome to test and give input. Use this for ideas of what you may want to do. You can also view the livecd source via the wiki and see what you'd like to do. In the past we had a build system which built a whole system and then created the livecd. http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd/ When I update the livecd I do these things in any uncertain order after I mount root.ext2 via a loop device: update pci id and usb id databases update /etc/issue.* files put the new html and xml book info in /usr/share update /etc/profile and /etc/defaults skel info for mozilla prefs to automatically open the book Update the readme for the current release. Update jhalfs with current trunk. I have scripts which will build the initramfs if newer modules are required I have scripts which build the compressed root.ext2 for the iso I have scripts which build the iso and create the MD5SUM and SHA1SUM data. After testing I upload to http://cross-lfs.org/~kb0iic/livecdupd/ The latest changes are there. I know it quite well as I helped build the 7.2 LFS ppc livecd with Alexander Patrakov, which was done while in Afghanistan. The only livecd built in that area, muahahahaha. Took over a week to download the source. The only drawback to the livecd is that it has an older version of Xorg and all the libs and that jazz, but it all works fine for me with newer hardware, it's just not taking advantage of the best stuff. But really, when it comes to a livecd that made to work with building a current LFS system, that's all it is meant for. Granted I can use it for recovery issues, as well. It's still a formidable ally. SIncerely, William Harrington -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
