On Thursday 31 March 2005 14:25, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
So. To get the ball rolling, how about some introductions? I'll start.
Hello,
I work on SE Linux and the auditing framework for Red Hat. But before I joined Red Hat, I was building a distribution for use in an ISP setting. I had taken FC2.5 and applied 200+ patches and wrote a build system. I was struggling with the idea of how to do the installation - I wasn't a fan of anaconda since its in python and I don't write python code.
I hit upon the idea of distributing the build as a Live CD. This way if someone hacks our machine, we just hit the reset button. Upgrading the machine to a new OS just means ejecting the CD and rebooting to the new media.
I searched around the internet and ran across Basilisk Live CD. I did a little work with Dirk Westfal to get the Live CD creation process documented in a script. This way it is reproducible. I created the Live CD's for that ISP's linux distribution and it all worked.
I have recently integrated the scripts with the Rookery Build system so that people can create Live CD's easily. The Live CD kit can be found at: www.web-insights.net/rookery. You can use pre-built rpms such as Fedora's. I am actively working on the scripts to make them better. If no one else has Live CD creation scripts available, I'd like to offer this as a starting point.
My goals is to help with the technical side and help nail the issues down. That's about the extent of it.
-Steve Grubb