Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2217 mails)

[Matthew Stringer <qube@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

CyberOrg wrote:
> On 9/27/07, Roger Oberholtzer <roger@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > Look at www.thinstation.org. They have a thinstation-o-matic where you
> > can make these images over the net. In our use, we download the
> > thinstation source and make images locally.
> >
> > I think one big way they make the image smaller is the use of busybox.
> > That alone must account for many MB.
> >
> >
> >     
> > > Our TODO: http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/KIWI-LTSP-Tasks
> > >
> > > It is shrinking at a rapid pace, so slimming down would be targeted
> > > very soon. You can check this and suggest the packages that could be
> > > dropped.
> > >
> > > https://forgesvn1.novell.com/viewsvn/kiwi-ltsp/trunk/kiwi-ltsp/ltsp/suse-10.3/config.xml?view=markup
> > >       
> > Am I correct in that the build is from sources, not from an installed
> > OpenSUSE?
> >
> >     
>
> The kiwi uses distribution packages, no compiling. That XML file is
> the configuration used that tells kiwi what packages need to be
> installed in the image.
>
> Cheers
>
> -J
>   
Still not managed to get the net image to boot, it loads the kernel but 
then sits waiting for a configuration file, not sure where it is looking 
for it.

Matthew




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