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

[Moinak Ghosh]

Venky wrote:
> 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.
>   

   It should not be too difficult to get this on Genunix.ORG and have 
links from
   BeleniX Site.

Regards,
Moinak.
> 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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