[indiana-discuss] Re: scope (was ZFS to the max)

[Eric Boutilier]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Glynn Foster wrote:
> 
> 
> Shawn Walker wrote:
> > Thoughts on using SUNWCrnet + necessary items instead?
> > 
> > Or is the point to get something simple quickly and hence the use of
> > SUNWCreq since it is a "known variable"?
> 
> I can't speak for engineering, but I think it's good that it's a 'known
> variable' - it's been tested, and known to work. There may be some additional
> slimming that could be done for sure, but I'm well out of my territory on that one.

Like Peter, I've always been fond of the "minimal distro" concept.
Another more recent weekend experiment (last September) I did was
around SUNWcreq and Moinak/Dave's DIY remastering kit. And of course
for posterity, I "journaled" as I tinkered :-) ... Excerpt:

     "Studied the main script (build_live_dvd) to figure out a way to
     change the inputs it uses. In other words, the set of packages from
     which it builds an ISO image. Lines 150 and 151 appear to tell me
     what I need to know. I can a.) change SUNWCall to SUNWCreq to omit
     X, GNOME, OpenOffice, and lots of other stuff and thereby shrink
     down (way down) the size of my custom CD;" ...

Full posts:
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/livemedia-discuss/2006-September/000006.html
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/livemedia-discuss/2006-September/000007.html

On a related note, I've been thinking lately that if I can find the
time, maybe I'll volunteer to help keep the BeleniX remastering kit up
to date (which is one of the key BeleniX projects currently tagged as
seeking volunteer help) and/or its offspring, the LiveMedia kit. Or
better yet, help figure out a way to make them one-and-the same...?

Eric