From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 00:01:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9295C1065674 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:01:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 574C78FC18 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:01:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk28 with SMTP id 28so1860437gxk.13 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:01:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ZUXx+xDd+IWtKeYm0vC94e1qoarkXDM96VvzkX3eBeM=; b=qGmiIfxvw+CaQA7OcRGdoZDqIkZ0eD7zBeWDfTlhR74Ha3jDzb4TfLJEpgrquxMZyT WuNEQRx+1pvsBpjTq9uQDslxTQZQZJRui3pcYKlkh3K+OsuYOBlpzShkwVUC+RXqgRMF 4MtVCZH4Zgtb3lOTosvCA8UBv70mldbtzAaYc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.29.129 with SMTP id r1mr286618icc.360.1311811298400; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:01:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.169.73 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:01:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:01:38 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Howto's, Advice, Hints/Gotchas about livecd creation in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:01:39 -0000 Dear folks, I would like to kindly ask you as the Subject Line tells it all. I believe I have done my homework, and I have tried out some competing LiveCDs from *BSD like Bsdanywhere, jibbed(NetBSD), jggimi(OpenBSD), had used RoFreeSBIE(FreeBSD based but unmaintained), Frenzy, Mahesha, old FreeSBIE 2.0.1, ..., etc I see some pages like mfsroot, and it is small custom made for ZFS and other goodies :), I am not there yet :(, I see there are custom scripts/SDK for livecd building: http://wiki.freebsd.org/AvgLiveCD http://livecd.sourceforge.net/ other pages and Frenzy Page: http://frenzy.org.ua/en/ I got standard cd based on 8.1 Release i386 and I like it, but it got too big :( What I am looking at. I would like to create a small ~200MB cd like old Frenzy with firefox and few apps to be able to copy2ram and take a FreeBSD system anywhere(like I do with some linux livecds like Slax, Porteus, PartedMagic, SystemRescueCD, Gparted, Clonezilla, etc). It would be nice to let people know that there is not just linux, I showed some students where I work that there are other OSes beside windows :) Also, I would like to create a bigCD/LiveDVD with many things(not the kitchen sink), with several apps I use for work, i.e, TeX/Latex (can be TexLive2011 or teTeX from ports), maxima, gnuplot(dep for maxima), ghostscript, ImageMagick, pdf utilities, compiler in case some apps are needed, gkrellm/conky, like XFCE, but can use FluxBox, Blackbox, other small Desktops or not use X if recommended. CD/DVD should have firefox, pf/ipfw firewall generic configuration, LibreOffice/(abiword & gnumeric)/, mplayer & mencoder, ffmpeg, vorbis-tools, lame, cdrecord/dvd+rw-tools/cdrdao, ..., etc. This like RoFreeSBIE had, but it died out unfortunately. KDE is heavier desktop[PC-BSD has this], Gnome too[There's GhostBSD]. If I can clone my current installation, I would be very happy and take my desktop everywhere I can boot it. If it is possible to put it on USB that would be also a great plus. My friends advice me to follow the advice given in http://wiki.freebsd.org/AvgLiveCD and get my feet wet. But I am not sure how to begin :( Thank you all for your generous advice/suggestions/comments. Regards, Antonio