On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:47:39 +0200
Ed Schouten wrote:
> Yes, it's compressed with xz(1). Just run unxz to
> decompress it. It should be part of the latest FreeBSD releases. If
> not, be sure to install /usr/ports/archivers/xz.
You can also uncompress it using 7-zip (http://7-zip.org/) in Window
On Sun, 22.08.2010 at 20:50:29 +0200, Ed Schouten wrote:
> I think I already mentioned it on some of the lists, but I've spent some
> time creating a better FreeBSD live CD (or at least I tried to).
> Basically the CD is just a stock FreeBSD installation (base + manpages +
> kernel) with a small mf
Hi Ed,
Please excuse for my question: Is this a compressed version or all we need
to do is to rename it to *.iso ?
after renaming it did not boot in vmware .
thanks,
Mubeesh
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Ed Schouten wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Per Lars's request I've uploaded an ISO of th
Hello Mubeesh,
* Mubeesh ali wrote:
> Please excuse for my question: Is this a compressed version or all we need
> to do is to rename it to *.iso ?
> after renaming it did not boot in vmware .
Yes, it's compressed with xz(1). Just run unxz to decompress
it. It should be part of the latest Fr
From: Tim Judd
> I have, for longer than I can count, create my own livecds because the media
> that's produced have a shortcoming for some reason or other.
I automated my own build from sources (not .iso) of combined install
+ live CDROMs, a frighteningly long time ago:
My top Makefile:
Hi all,
Per Lars's request I've uploaded an ISO of the FreeBSD live CD for
amd64:
URL:http://people.freebsd.org/~ed/FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201008-amd64-ed.iso.xz
Size: 422452056 bytes (403 MB)
SHA256: e0b7ac8eac713ecd5ccdbf107c80563260e6000b27838b003ca11a42ae6ae700
Have fun!
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Ed Schouten
Quoting Ed Schouten :
Hello all,
A couple of major releases ago, we had a FreeBSD disc1.iso which also
included the livefs. Nowadays the livefs comes on a separate disc. This
livefs disc has a couple of issues in my opinion:
- The livefs disc does not feature any installsets, which means if yo
* Lars Engels wrote:
> could you please upload the resulting ISO so that people who don't
> want to create it themselves can test your CD?
Prrr... I have a horrible internet connection and the resulting ISO is
about 600 MB big. I'll see what I can do.
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On 08/22/2010 14:52, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
dd(1) is already in our livefs, actually you have everything from
/rescue.
That's good news, guess it's been longer than I thought since I needed
to do this. :)
Doug
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On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:59:51AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 08/22/2010 11:50, Ed Schouten wrote:
> > 2. Would a CD like this be a good addition to the provided install
> > media? Does it actually solve shortcomings of the existing media?
>
> Yes. I'd also like to add that I've always wan
> 1. Be sure to give the CD a try and share your experiences. Does it
> work? Does it crash? Is it usable for you? If not, why not?
>
> 2. Would a CD like this be a good addition to the provided install
> media? Does it actually solve shortcomings of the existing media?
>
> If people think it's
* Tim Judd wrote:
> Your CDs won't reach as many people as possible, I fear. I fear because I
> (for example) have no amd64 systems and just by the name of the snapshot cd
> image i need to have to use your script, I won't be able to use the final
> product.
Well, the script makes some assumptio
On 08/22/2010 11:50, Ed Schouten wrote:
2. Would a CD like this be a good addition to the provided install
media? Does it actually solve shortcomings of the existing media?
Yes. I'd also like to add that I've always wanted to see dd added to the
livefs. I have in the past not-infrequently
Hello all,
A couple of major releases ago, we had a FreeBSD disc1.iso which also
included the livefs. Nowadays the livefs comes on a separate disc. This
livefs disc has a couple of issues in my opinion:
- The livefs disc does not feature any installsets, which means if your
system has 1 CD-ROM
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