It sounds like this thread should be tidied up into a mission statement, Software Requirements Specification, and Design document. Perhaps a CVS tree hosted somewhere. I'd be happy to help in small ways (not much time) such as script writing, etc..
On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 11:08, Justin Bengtson wrote: > it keeps looking easier all the time. but really, my goals with LFS are in > this order of importance : > > 1. learn about linux > 2. get a distro i am happy with > 3. learn how to make a distro my way > 4. actually make a distro > > if the first two are satisfied, i will proceed on to making my own distro. > i'm sure it'll be rewarding, i just don't want to invest all my time into > it. distributing the workload is sounding better all the time. > > and thanks. i'll look into the bootable CD. maybe all i need is to make > the LFS system a CD. then all the installer has to do is copy the system to > the hard drive and hook everything up. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux Rocks ! [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:52 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [EUG-LUG:535] Re: naive distro (was : Re: naive distro > > questions) > > > > > > Justin, > > It sounds like your off to a good start... It may not > > be as difficult to > > make your own distro as you think... For making a bootable > > cd, (ie eltorito), > > you use a boot image when making your cd, its basicly just a > > tar of a tiny > > filesystem that runs in memory. There are many examples of > > such things. toms > > root boot for example is a single bootable floppy disk. a > > slackware root disk > > is a compressed filesystem. The SuSE 7.3 eval disk we gave > > out at the last > > eugeneexpo is infact a bootable cdrom, ( it will find a > > windows partition and > > save config files to it, but the rest runs right from the cd. > > You might want > > to check it out to see what you can do... Slackware also has > > had in the past > > (not sure about current) a live filesystem cd that comes with > > the distro, its > > runs right from the cd, and doesnt install any files onto the > > hard disk... > > > > Jamie > > -- Christopher Maujean IT Director, Premierelink Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.premierelink.com/ 541-344-8575x305 PGP: --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.keyserver.net/ KeyID: EFAF4176 Fingerprint: 55E6 4DE1 D7D3 361E F265 C094 46F2 7B62 EFAF 4176 ---------------------------------------------------------------
