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Revival of this list: Fedora Live DVD?
by Greg DeKoenigsberg 16 Jun '05

16 Jun '05

So. Had a few discussions around this at the Red Hat Summit -- it became a hot topic in the Fedora BOF there. What came out of it? Well... ...for one thing, it became clear that we need to kickstart this list. :) For another thing, some folks asked: why not Live DVD? For another thing, some folks asked: why not put the installer on it, so that people can install the precise image they're playing with? And lots of other questions. But for me, here's the takeaway: There's lots of Live CDs. Too many to count. If we're not doing something interesting, then we're nothing more than one more Live CD with Fedora branding. What about a Live DVD? With potential goals of: 1. Allowing users to choose to run the image that suits them; 2. Allowing users to install from DVD if they like; 3. Allowing us to put multiple arches on one DVD, if possible? Looking at the download numbers from the torrent, we're seeing about 50/50 numbers for CD/DVD downloads. So what about it? I know a bunch of you folks have Live CD code that runs. Any of it convertible to Live DVD code? --g (p.s. Yes, we've announced the intention to announce the Fedora Foundation at some point. I hope this means that we'll be able to turn this into an officially sanctioned project at some point. But in the meantime, talking works.) _____________________ ____________________________________________ Greg DeKoenigsberg ] [ the future masters of technology will have Community Relations ] [ to be lighthearted and intelligent. the Red Hat ] [ machine easily masters the grim and the ] [ dumb. --mcluhan

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Installation CD build scripts.
by Wade Mealing 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

I don't know who to talk to about this, I'll ask here, Red Hat obviously builds their installation ISO files, including applying the kernel and ISOLinux bootloader. I know that the ia64, ppc/nSeries cd boot scripts must be somewhere also. I'd like to integrate these into the anaconda scripts. Where are these scripts ? Can I use them ? Wade -- Wade Mealing Red Hat Global Support Services

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Project Status?
by Tom Lisjac 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

The list has been very quiet for the last few weeks. What's the status of the project? Is any development being done? -Tom

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Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] Project goals and infrastructure...
by Alexander Larsson 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 00:37 -0600, Tom Lisjac wrote: > On 4/12/05, Alexander Larsson <alexl(a)redhat.com> wrote: > > > > It might be interesting if the people who have done live cds could list > > what changes they have done to make them work. Then we can take these > > changes and try to get them all into the distro. > > > > What other changes do we need in order to make a script that can > > generate a live-cd from a random rawhide snapshot? > > One essential component for a live CD is automatic hardware > configuration. Has anyone developed a comprehensive package to handle > this? > > For EpikBuilder, I adapted Klaus Knopper's scripts, ddcxinfo and > hwsetup utilities. I also used his version of kudzu hwdata because > Knoppix supported both the XFree 3.3.6 and 4.x drivers at that time. > This provided compatibility with older graphics cards that were > dropped in RH9. The whole thing worked well but was difficult to > maintain since any updates Klaus made to the Debian scripts had to be > manually reviewed and applied to my RH version. > > Of possible interest is a project that René Rhéaume started in July of > 2003 to maintain the Knoppix auto-detection system for Red Hat and > Mandrake: > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/knx-autoconfig-ports/ > > His last update for RH was a year ago... but it might be worth looking > at if nobody else has a packaged solution. For the stateless linux livecd i just used kudzu (kudzu -q I think). I see no reason why the live-cd hardware detection should be any different from the automatic detection of another (non-cd) fedora core installation. Having a special hardware detection system for the live-cd just means double the maintenance burden, because the non-live-cd fedora core should also automatically detect as much hardware as possible. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alexander Larsson Red Hat, Inc alexl(a)redhat.com alla(a)lysator.liu.se He's a benighted bohemian grifter moving from town to town, helping folk in trouble. She's a cosmopolitan belly-dancing opera singer with a flame-thrower. They fight crime!

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Project goals and infrastructure...
by Tom Lisjac 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

At this point, it might be helpful to try and define the goals for the project a little more clearly... for example, what are we planning to deliver? Is the goal to create a generic build system for generating customized Fedora bootable CD's... or are we trying to assemble a "one size fits all" release with a flexible set of startup options? How about a project website, cvs and download mirrors? Is this a good candidate for SourceForge or is Red Hat thinking about providing this support? Last but not least, leadership. Is there a "benevolent dictator" at this point? :) -Tom

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Fedora Live CD project "kick off"
by Greg DeKoenigsberg 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

I'm Greg DeK. You should all know me by this point, as I've likely contacted each one of you about your interest in an official "Fedora Live CD" project. Why? Aren't there plenty of Live CDs out there already? Well, yes, there are -- and even some that are based on Fedora. But we think that Fedora-branded Live CDs are still important for a few reasons: 1. Everyone else has one. :) 2. It's an ideal low-risk strategy to allow people to find out what Fedora is all about. 3. It's an ideal place for community contribution and development; the technical barriers are well-understood, and the community has already taken the lead in creating Fedora-based Live CDs. And in this collaboration, we at Red Hat have an opportunity to grow closer to the folks who dig our stuff. === So. To get the ball rolling, how about some introductions? I'll start. I'm Greg DeK, community relations manager for Red Hat. I work on the Fedora Extras project, act as legal go-between for the Fedora project, and do a bunch of other stuff. Some of my goals for this project: * Build robust tools for building Fedora-based Live CDs, and putting these tools into Fedora Extras. * Create Live CDs from these tools, based entirely upon content in Fedora Core and Fedora Extras, for official "blessing". * Distribute these blessed Live CDs far and wide, through whatever clever means we can come up with. --g _____________________ ____________________________________________ Greg DeKoenigsberg ] [ the future masters of technology will have Community Relations ] [ to be lighthearted and intelligent. the Red Hat ] [ machine easily masters the grim and the ] [ dumb. --mcluhan Red Hat Summit ] [ New Orleans ] [ Learn. Network. Experience Open Source. June 1/2/3 2005 ] [ (And Make Your Boss Pay For It.) [ http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/

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