--- Warren Togami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did I misunderstand what James asked? It sounded > like he wanted to add > a whole bunch of additional packages to the standard > LiveCD's in order > to allow building out-of-tree kernel modules. If > this is the case then > the answer is NO because: > > 1) It is not a priority of Fedora to support > proprietary kernel modules > (ndiswrapper). (Aside from that, can you even use > ndiswrapper reliably > with Fedora's 4KB kernel stacks?) > 2) Doing so would bloat the LiveCD's much larger > than the limits that > would fit onto a CD. > > If someone wants to do this for their own personal > LiveCD they are free > to do whatever they want. > > Warren > > Tim Wood wrote: > > I can try and draft a kickstart (even if it's not > up to me to include it > > in livecd-tools proper). Looking at what you've > got below, I can think > > of two issues. First, the minimal image on F8 > doesn't allow login so > > I'll have to work around that. Second, the list > below is not the > > complete list of needed packages for a LiveCD so > I'll have to work out > > the packages to include. James, if I do come up > with a kickstart, would > > you be willing to test it. Also, does anyone have > any other > > thoughts/warnings before I start hacking? > > > > Tim > > > > > > James Gallagher wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Please can you include a minimal development > >> envrionment on the LiveCD release, in F8 it's > less > >> than 20mb, the files required are > >> > >> > >> binutils-2.17.50.0.18-1.i386.rpm > >> gcc-4.1.2-33.i386.rpm > >> glibc-devel-2.7-2.i386.rpm > >> glibc-headers-2.7-2.i386.rpm > >> kernel-devel-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.i686.rpm > >> kernel-headers-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.i386.rpm > >> libgomp-4.1.2-33.i386.rpm > >> make-3.81-10.fc8.i386.rpm > >> patch-2.5.4-30.fc8.i386.rpm > >> > >> > >> This enables installing ndiswrapper, madwifi > drivers > >> etc without an internet connection > >> > >> Cheers :) > >> > >> James > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ___________________________________________________________ > > >> Yahoo! For Good helps you make a difference > >> http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ > >> > >> -- > >> Fedora-livecd-list mailing list > >> Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com > >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > Fedora-livecd-list mailing list > Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list >
Warren That's a very silly attitude. What harm can there be from an extra 20mb of rpms which would help in dozens of scenarios? I hope your opinion is not the consensus on the mailing list, I would be very disappointed james ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! For Good helps you make a difference http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ -- Fedora-livecd-list mailing list Fedora-livecd-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list