[Fedora-livecd-list] Re: Kadischi: roadmap from Board meeting ?

[Jasper O'neal Hartline]

Jeremy Katz wrote:

>On this line of thinking, I've made progress on the following
>1) Modifying kadischi.py to be a little bit more python-y.  More
>importantly, it's using all python built-ins rather than
>reimplementations of things.   We can also avoid the need for a config
>file with command-line options for pretty much everything.
>2) Cleaning up invocation of the post scripts and how things are handled
>here.
>3) Implementing a mkrootdev command to be included in a secondary
>initramfs overriding the stock nash mkrootdev.  With this, we can use a
>completely stock initramfs creation. 
>4) Generate the isolinux config as anaconda's boot loader generation
>step. 
>
>With this, I am now generating a live cd that can boot with
>init=/bin/bash.  Getting beyond that is going to want to piggy-back on
>what Bill has been doing for readonly root in stateless.  But rather
>than wait for everything to be perfect, I've gone ahead and put up what
>I currently have at http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/livecd/.  Included
>there are the following:
>a) livecd.tar.gz -- this is the main pieces.  See the README within for
>the basic usage, essentially the same as with kadischi, but a few tweaks
>so you can actually run from a working directory.  The unfortunate side
>is that this mostly based on the state of things from a few weeks ago
>given the other stuff that I've been occupied with.
>b) booty-0.71-1.livecd.i386.rpm (and src.rpm).  This is an updated booty
>that will work for creating the isolinux.cfg.  Note that it's currently
>hacked to just work for live CDs
>c) anaconda-11.0.5-1.livecd.i386.rpm (and src.rpm)  . This is a patched
>version of the FC5 anaconda that will properly do the boot loader config
>and ensure firewall, etc stuff is set up within the live CD image
>  
>
I've just quickly tested the packages provided at 
http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/livecd/
and it works well, for what it does currently. I noticed it is written 
to use mkzftree rather
than SquashFS, of course remembering you said it was based on progress 
weeks ago.


NOTE: Anyone needing to test these packages as is should also have:
             xorg-x11-server-Xorg
             vnc-server

J. Hartline