Hi Israel, Great to read that we are getting close to the ToriOS alpha iso :-)
Best regards Nio Den 2014-08-29 21:03, Israel skrev: > Hi Everyone, > I am uploading the ISO to > torios.org/ISO/ToriOS-alpha.iso > It will be a while before it is up... does anyone know much about making > torrents? > If so help by making us a torrent. If there is something that needs > uploaded to our site, send it my way. > > Release Notes: > This is alpha, so expect issues :) > > -there is no plymouth screen in the live version > -the image is almost 700MB (681.6MB) so it *may* not fit on a CD... the > reason it is so big, is we are using OBI, which requires an entire > imaged HD.... plus this is the first version, so there is still some > fine tuning to be done :) > To install to an actual HD you will need to do it from the first screen, > rather than booting into the live environment... but the live > environment is pretty much the same as the installed environment. *IF* > you install it, it should be pretty stable and solid. The main issues > are the nice things we expect to 'just work' or be 'easy to find' > But since this is alpha, they are not done. > > I have a script that will build everything automatically... but you need > a tarball for it to work right. I will upload it to lp when I clean > everything up a bit, and fix the last few issues that are somewhat nagging. > > This script is ONLY for OBI, not ubiquity. Jorn has a great ubiquity > script (which I borrowed a little bit from). My script is mainly from: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomizationFromScratch > but I also use parts of Nio/Will Haley OBI script to build the OBI portions. > > I'll upload everything to some branch somewhere :) > > Oh... I edited Rafael's image slightly as I wanted a bit of texture in > the image... it was a bit too slick looking for me... I just made it > slightly easier to stare at for long periods of time, nothing major at all. > > > On 08/29/2014 09:51 AM, Israel wrote: >> Hi Ali! >> Sounds good, I am working on trimming down the size and fixing the last >> little issues before it is ready to be tested. This is pretty exciting :) >> I am doing a complete re-run of the script so if everything goes as >> planned I will upload the script somewhere as well with all the needed >> files and we can go from there... I may have to edit a few things to >> make a nice INSTALL option in the menu... but for right now some of >> these issues are not as important as having a working Live ISO, as the >> text based installer will work, and it is a fairly minor issue to add a >> menu item :) >> >> On 08/29/2014 09:00 AM, Ali/amjjawad wrote: >>> Hi, >>> This super quick email. We need to talk. Will do my best if not today then >>> tomorrow. >>> >>> Thank you! >>> Sent from my smartphone. >>> >>> Israel <isr...@torios.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> I just thought I'd update you all on the progress of the image. >>>> I have a working ISO! >>>> I also have a working script that builds everything automatically. I >>>> modified Nio's OBI script as well as using some things from the LiveCD >>> >from scratch web page. >>>> There are a few minor things (to me... but not to an average tester) I >>>> need to take care of, but I should have an image up on the site later... >>>> basically I need to make the menu installed in the live image. Yes... >>>> there is a Live environmnet for ToriOS. >>>> The image is 729.8MB, and uses the OBI installer I may end up tweaking >>>> things a bit to trim down the size.. so it will safely fit on standard >>>> CDs... but as this is an alpha I am not terribly concerned about the >>>> size of the first iteration. >>>> It is based on 12.04. >>>> I will try to set a background and things like that and rebuild the ISO >>>> part later, but it is basically ready to go :) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios >>>> Post to : torios@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios Post to : torios@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
