Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD

On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 17:35, Jeff Lee wrote:
> Ron,
>
> Would you happen to know how to rip/add support for certain things in
> Morphix quickly? I have the Lightgui version downloading now but once I get
> it I want to add flash support and I want to beable to edit whatever startup
> scripts they have and strip down the programs I dont need.
>
> I need printing support, network, firebird (flash), and that is pretty much
> it. I want to start firebird with a local flash page.

Presumably you'd mount the ISO using the loopback device, and
then change it like you would any other filesystem.

There may be some instructions there on the Morphix site,

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> To: "NOLUG ML" <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD
>
>
> > On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 20:55, Jeff Lee wrote:
> > > The machines are all over, it is not just an "in house" thing. They are
> sold
> > > to tire dealers.
> >
> > Ah, well, ok.
> > http://morphix.sourceforge.net/modules/news/
> > Then I'd try to build a system using Morphix (a toolkit for
> > rolling your own live CDs, based on Knoppix), with XFce4, Mozilla
> > Firebird, and little else. Since it's Debian-based, and Debian
> > is *really* modular, so you'll be able to strip out everything
> > you don't need, and won't have to worry about dependency
> > issues.
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> > > To: "NOLUG ML" <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 5:04 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 11:09, Jeff Lee wrote:
> > > > > Well these would be highly graphical pages that I would need to
> display.
> > > > > They are for a tire/rim store and they show the different wheels on
> your
> > > > > car. Its all programmed in flash so that is why I need it to run. I
> want
> > > to
> > > >
> > > > Then I'd use the XFce4 WM, since it & Mozilla/Firebird both depend
> > > > on Gtk.
> > > >
> > > > > use a minimal linux that runs off of a cd/dvd so that the machines
> dont
> > > need
> > > > > harddrives to work. Also they would beable to use smaller processors
> and
> > > > > this would keep costs down.
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm. Given enough RAM, and your definition of "smaller processors",
> > > > that should work fine.
> > > >
> > > > Have you also considered some sort of LTSP system? That way, any
> > > > changes can be made once, on the server, and would propagate in-
> > > > stantly to the clients. Also, the clients could be totally disk-
> > > > less, and very low-power, since the server would be doing all of
> > > > the Flash computations. Of course, if you go that route, you'd
> > > > have to run cat5, adequately size a server, etc.
> > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Steven Cardella" <ssc@bertucciinc.com>
> > > > > To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:46 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hey, you might not even need X (I don't know if these support
> flash,
> > > or
> > > > > > if flash is even necessary...), there are some svgalib (run from a
> > > > > > console, but graphical) browsers out there.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > a search on freshmeat came up with:
> > > > > > arachne
> > > > > > links
> > > > > > w3m?
> > > > > > wb0
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Anyway, hope this helps.

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Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
Jefferson, LA USA
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