sysinstall v2

Robert Garrett rg70 at sbcglobal.net
Wed Sep 3 15:34:49 PDT 2003


Matthew Dillon wrote:

> 
> :It looks like where we are at is...
> :
> :1. RCNG scripts need to be taught how to tell rc.conf how
> :   to execute them.
> 
>     I think the RCNG scripts can almost be used as-is, at least during
>     initial development.  We might want to beef up their capabilities a
>     bit, for example in regards to reinitializing a network interface...
>     things like that.
> 
> :This allows work to begin on the actual user interface design.
> :
> :5. Break up make release so we have a bootable live intstallation image.
> :
> :Is this a correct understanding of the discussion so far?
> :
> :Robert Garrett
> 
>     Heh.  More like rewrite it, almost.  A new make release (maybe
>     'make release2' for development purposes) is the first step.  It
>     need only boot into a login: prompt intitially.
> 
>     So what additional packages do we need on the live CD?
> 
> cpdup (I will make this part of the base system)
> X
> Apache
> php4-cgi
> Python
> links (or equiv)
> 
> mkisofs
> growisofs
> 
> (+ dependancies)
> 
> -Matt
> Matthew Dillon
> <dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Actually the second cd from make release is perty much what we want,
is it not, minus the repository stuff? though it needs to be made
bootable.

Rob





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