bootcdwrite

2005-10-05 Thread Simon Guerrero
Hi   As per my emails yesterday about a kiosk system, I've tried to generate a live CD using bootcdwrite from the bootcd package, and it produces an iso, I can mount the iso, and I can burn the iso (using k3b) - the CD just won't boot, either with Qemu or with a real system. Am I missing som

RE: Developing a kiosk type system - advice needed

2005-10-04 Thread Simon Guerrero
ype system - advice needed -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Simon Guerrero schrieb: > Hi > > Thanks for your responses. The "suspend and always resume without > overwriting" is done by software suspend, with no problem. It is the > difficulty of resuming th

RE: Developing a kiosk type system - advice needed

2005-10-04 Thread Simon Guerrero
Yes, you're right about suspend2 - I figured if I mount most of the filesystems ro, then create the writeable ones each time from static images, I shouldn't have issues with corruption - right? Simon >>Part a is a bit tricky, but should be solvable. Part b sounds like a > > > about a) an par

RE: Developing a kiosk type system - advice needed

2005-10-04 Thread Simon Guerrero
t: 04 October 2005 12:05 To: Simon Guerrero Cc: 'debian-devel@lists.debian.org' Subject: Re: Developing a kiosk type system - advice needed [Simon Guerrero] > I am developing a "kiosk" type of system, where I want to a) boot up fast > and b) be able to switch off and back on

RE: Developing a kiosk type system - advice needed

2005-10-04 Thread Simon Guerrero
Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mattia Dongili Sent: 04 October 2005 12:10 To: 'debian-devel@lists.debian.org' Subject: Re: Developing a kiosk type system - advice needed On Tue, October 4, 2005 1:04 pm, Petter Reinholdtsen said: > [Simon G

Developing a kiosk type system - advice needed

2005-10-04 Thread Simon Guerrero
Hi   I am developing a "kiosk" type of system, where I want to a) boot up fast and b) be able to switch off and back on and restart with a clean image.   I have 1Gb filesys to play with (CF or similar) and 128-256mb RAM.   I was hoping to do something like this:   1. Make the disk read-onl