[ug-bosug] Custom Live CD - proof-of-concept

[Venky]

Hey Eric,

This is real cool!!  Maybe you could host it alongside BeleniX on
sarovar.org.

Moinak, you think it would be possible to host it there and link to
it from the BeleniX site?  Would be nice to have a section for
custom BeleniX ISOs on the site.

Cheers,
Venky.

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 11:35:53AM -0500, Eric Boutilier wrote:
> Just reporting a minor milestone: As a POC (proof-of-concept) and
> learning/testing exercise, I created a custom "Build-system Live CD" using
> the BeleniX remastering toolkit.  It's based on the BeleniX core and it's
> about 215 MB in size. (It's 100% open-source, but it's not downloadable
> from anywhere right now. If anyone wants to play with it let me know,
> I'm sure there's somewhere I can put it.)
> 
> The main difference between this ISO and the regular BeleniX Live CD is it
> excludes xorg/gtk/xfce/kde/etc., and includes a build environment system.
> The build system is the pkgbuild[1]-based, JDS/CBE[2] in gcc mode.
> 
> This remastering kit is very cool. As with regular BeleniX, "my LiveCD
> distro" :) boots fast (esp. since it's a small, command-line only ISO),
> transparently gets an IP from DHCP, and transparently mounts HD partitions
> in /mnt (which, e.g., I could put copies of spec files on, from which I
> could quickly/easily generate Solaris packages, because by booting my
> live CD, my box temporarily turns into a dedicated JDS/CBE build system.)
> 
> Now, how about a 100% open-source, ZFS-based, home NAS box LiveCD w/ HD
> installer... I have a feeling _that_ would be pretty hot...
> 
> --Eric
> 
> P.S. This was mainly a proof-of-concept exercise -- other build systems
> such as Companion[3], Blastwave/GARNOME[4], pmpkg[5], etc. could have been
> used instead.
> 
> 
> 1: http://pkgbuild.sourceforge.net/
> 2: 
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/communities/jds/building/#jds-cbe
> 3: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/companion/contributors/buildccd/
> 4: http://svn.blastwave.org/wiki/GettingStarted
> 5: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pmpkg/?branch_id=60504
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