> Hmm.. what about a minimal-media like system which could exploit unionfs
> and provide similar functionality to DSL (Damn Small Linux)?
I was working on livecd's a few months ago. DSL turned unionfs off by
default do to buginess.
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On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 22:26 -0400, Tomasz B Mloduchowski wrote:
> Hmm.. what about a minimal-media like system which could exploit unionfs
> and provide similar functionality to DSL (Damn Small Linux)?
Feel free to submit patches to genkernel to make unionfs actually work
on our releases and we'd
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, Benjamin Judas wrote:
Hello folks,
I took the decision to reanimate "Project Dolphin". Dolphin was an
experimental minimal CD similar to Grmbl aimed at semi-professionals and
professionals to help repair broken systems or minimize data-loss.
Opposites to the official Gent
On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 00:04 +0200, Tobias Scherbaum wrote:
> > On Saturday 14 October 2006 23:33, Roy Bamford wrote:
> > > Evaluate the operating media. Should it be a CD, DVD, or USB
> > > A DVD+/-RW or USB would provide space for recovered data, if required.
> >
> > Currently the project is in t
Hi!
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, kashani wrote:
> >As some modern server machines doesn't ship with a cd/dvd-rom drive per
> >default also providing an usb-stick image (fitting on 128MB sticks?)
> >makes sense and would help a lot :)
>
> In these days of $40 USD one gig USB drives I see the CD as the si
Tobias Scherbaum wrote:
As some modern server machines doesn't ship with a cd/dvd-rom drive per
default also providing an usb-stick image (fitting on 128MB sticks?)
makes sense and would help a lot :)
In these days of $40 USD one gig USB drives I see the CD as the size
limiting factor. :-)
> I hereby request every person make suggestions. Please note, that
> Dolphin will be a CLI-based CD only, so no X-Applications will be taken
> into consideration.
i'd like to see debootstrap on there as well. debian is PITA, but
sometimes that is out of our control. having a familiar install CD
Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> Hardware stuff:
Haven't seen anyone mention sys-apps/lshw yet, so I'll throw it out.
It's useful to get detailed information about some stuff.
Thanks,
Donnie
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Benjamin Judas wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
Welcome back!
(what about using just parted and have scripts that mime fdisk/mac-fdisk?)
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On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 12:20:05AM +0200, Benjamin Judas wrote:
> Yes, but this would be a bit too small. Currently I am at 156MB (some
> applications suggested here already included).
>
> It could be a target for future development to create something like
> a "minimal" release. I would have to
On Sunday 15 October 2006 00:04, Tobias Scherbaum wrote:
> As some modern server machines doesn't ship with a cd/dvd-rom drive per
> default also providing an usb-stick image (fitting on 128MB sticks?)
> makes sense and would help a lot :)
Yes, but this would be a bit too small. Currently I am at
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:59:24PM +0200, Tobias Scherbaum wrote:
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > it's been a while since I stepped back as a Gentoo-developer (about 1 1/4
> > years) and in that time I did exactly zero.
>
> Good news to see you back in action, Benni! :)
>
> > I hereby request every p
> On Saturday 14 October 2006 23:33, Roy Bamford wrote:
> > Evaluate the operating media. Should it be a CD, DVD, or USB
> > A DVD+/-RW or USB would provide space for recovered data, if required.
>
> Currently the project is in the same state as it was months ago: an ISO-Image
> with a maximum ca
> Hello folks,
>
> it's been a while since I stepped back as a Gentoo-developer (about 1 1/4
> years) and in that time I did exactly zero.
Good news to see you back in action, Benni! :)
> I hereby request every person make suggestions. Please note, that Dolphin
> will
> be a CLI-based CD onl
On Saturday 14 October 2006 23:33, Roy Bamford wrote:
> Evaluate the operating media. Should it be a CD, DVD, or USB
> A DVD+/-RW or USB would provide space for recovered data, if required.
Currently the project is in the same state as it was months ago: an ISO-Image
with a maximum capacity of 65
On 2006.10.14 19:56, Benjamin Judas wrote:
Hello folks,
it's been a while since I stepped back as a Gentoo-developer (about 1
1/4
years)
[snip]
I took the decision to reanimate "Project Dolphin". Dolphin was an
experimental minimal CD similar to Grmbl aimed at semi-professionals
and professio
On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 16:58 -0400, Seemant Kulleen wrote:
> > apk-tools (http://apk-tools.sourceforge.net). (the reason I didn't used
> > the native gentoo binary package is that it has no support for custom
> > pre/post install scripts, and you cant exclude things like documetnation
> > in the tbz
> apk-tools (http://apk-tools.sourceforge.net). (the reason I didn't used
> the native gentoo binary package is that it has no support for custom
> pre/post install scripts, and you cant exclude things like documetnation
> in the tbz2, even if you can exclude it dureing extraction. At that
> point
Benjamin Judas wrote:
Since I am sure that needs and ideas for such a CD have changed in the last 15
months, it's definitely a good idea to ask again which applications or
services should be available on that CD.
I hereby request every person make suggestions.
rsync
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Hi!
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, Benjamin Judas wrote:
> it's been a while since I stepped back as a Gentoo-developer (about 1 1/4
> years) and in that time I did exactly zero. Private life (and unfortunately
> stress) kept sucking up my time and interest in helping out in development
> work. However,
Hello folks,
it's been a while since I stepped back as a Gentoo-developer (about 1 1/4
years) and in that time I did exactly zero. Private life (and unfortunately
stress) kept sucking up my time and interest in helping out in development
work. However, now after a long hiatus, I feel the need t
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