From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 00:07:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5710416A417 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:07:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7A6213C442 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:07:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g13so2940654rvb.43 for ; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:07:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=oym9/9sbwd9BQvtphU65tnUC933mG94P1fTg61fiLEw=; b=uByqdFXl6As8CBNkVzEMYPcfhD/+Ik9aDU0sQoXKxwVnuMEfL3efqcKG2cnYCNI/DRszFD2cBzA+tXMIxDcZmJbdrJhzvF/ETQFtFPnlJHSH/Z4dPKFOnxJaYuEGsDhkbhIXml6iYKI+n/5K+CGs5yI9wQsYqGFvCxEmv1eZMgk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=N6jxoKWELy2Nrw8CurvS2Pn7KXzxMDweokq4ZjjhlLsULLBuKcc7dosYiiYFHoMy+P3PY7LEpp/4uWdkWkwBF+RVirWQiborqwGByi4J2uo2ySzRGwpRcfWjvUw5+wadDalpA7hVlW+fu+h+TKlsU85aXoGXbyjLV3vu86E6vsw= Received: by 10.141.163.12 with SMTP id q12mr8909223rvo.260.1202514004738; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:40:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.252.21 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:40:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9bbcef730802081540t5a9b8649we037bbcca2e8b53a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:40:04 +0100 From: "Ivan Voras" Sender: ivoras@gmail.com To: "Ivan Voras" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080208221941.GD1479@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080208221941.GD1479@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 787bf001e4f041a7 Cc: Subject: Re: finstall alpha3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:07:46 -0000 On 08/02/2008, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > On Wed, 06.02.2008 at 11:48:22 +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: > > On the other hand, here's what it *can* do currently: > > > > - it's a "live" CD environment, completely like an already installed > > FreeBSD system, only running from a read-only media (e.g. it's usable as > > a "FixIt" system) > > This is great, and I think it's the way to go. Since I had to repair my > system the last days with a 'FixIt' CD, I think this mode could get even > more improvement. It would be nice, if there where some additional > system repair tools available on this CD (license permitting, of > course). You'd just have to make sure to still install a clean FreeBSD. > This could be accomplished by using unionfs for the 'enhanced fixit > overlay' or something like that. Feel welcome to suggest additional tools to include. I'm aiming at a 700 MB image and I'm currently only near 450 MB :) (I won't include multimedia software until hardware detection is implemented). Since I'm already installing a bunch of GPL software in the GUI/desktop environment, a few more won't make a difference.