Ottavio Caruso <[email protected]> writes: > On 28 March 2014 12:49, Brett Lymn <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well, I did say "sort of" - really all you need after a base install is >> to configure X to start and perhaps a desktop environment from pkgsrc. >> With modern Xorg the X session should just fire up though the display >> may not be optimal on recent video hardware - even this is being fixed. >> Only a few days ago code was committed to enable drm. > > My biggest worry for now is a selection of packages that have a Dutch > locale. The form and the shape of the distribution is less relevant. > Although Dutch secondary school kids are fully fluent in English, the > foundation relies on distributing software that is available as much > as possible in their native language. I could double check this aspect > with the other members of the foundation. > > I would be interested in having an image that can be easily copied and > installed on a flash drive, ideally without repartitioning the drive, > so that the student can reuse their drive either as a live usb or a as > portable storage for their own private files.
I don't know about repartitioning, but another part, that is building such images is well-tested to the point of creating USB and/or CF images that start fully-functional (although barebone) NetBSD. Extending it to install packages is not a problem. Extending it to building a given set of packages is not a problem either. Thus all pieces are there, you only need to gather them in single place and make it all run. Remaining problems are: - generating fully functional GPT-based images (those based on BSD label are fine though); - deciding on the list of necessary packages; - packaging missing bits. If we really need dosboot, someone has to try it out. -- HE CE3OH...
