Recalling that we have to put in the line of the kernel (boot) noapic pnpbios = off To operate the video driver in some noteboot HP / Dell. 2009/5/1 Dag Wieers <dag at centos.org>: > Hi, > > I am amazed by the usefulness of the CentOS LiveCD and I would like to > discuss the scope of the project. Some of the recommendations I made > go against the original idea of LiveCD project. > > But my (outside) stance on the LiveCD is that it should give the best > achievable experience possible for people when trying CentOS. To me that > includes adding drivers that are available in other repositories (which > are missing from upstream, including wireless firmware, etc...) > > I do agree that as soon as we leave the deliver-what-upstream-has path, we > may open a can of worms (do we also want to fix known bugs ? replace > upstream software ? legality ?), so we have to decide what is desirable, > what is possible and where the project's effort ends. > > What are the various goals of the LiveCD project ? > > - A way for people to see what hardware is supported by CentOS > - with drivers included by upstream only > - with drivers that can be added with little effort (to eg. accomodate > eeepc and other purposes) > - including a tool to send a hardware status report to a central > database > > - A tool for recovering a broken system > - include only a few basic tools for debugging > > - A tool for installing CentOS on a system > > - A workable environment for people to use day by day > - do we want persistent storage > - does it need to be installable from Windows > - does it include wireless firmware > > - Provide the tools for people to make their own spins > - all sorts of appliances, eg. DVR, rescue, ... > > I am sure we can list more applicable use-cases for this project. And in > the end we have to agree which fit the LiveCD project (eg. whether we > make an official CentOS LiveCD and a seperate CentOS-plus LiveCD) and what > the main priorities are. > > Also, to stimulate the LiveCD development there should be no reason why we > couldn't release a LiveCD 5.3.1 or LiveCD 5.3.2 if there are compelling > reasons to make a new respin (and update the mirrors). > > In the end I see a bright future for the LiveCD as the project where > driver-development (dasha, elrepo), CentOS-based appliances, hardware > testing, and much more come together. To me it is one of those unique > opportunities to drive different other projects with a very positive > attitude as it brings (even more) meaning to CentOS to a lot of > (new) people. > > Where do we want to go with this and what is realistically achievable ? > > I am thrilled to find out :) > -- > -- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- > [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors] > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > -- att. Thiago Avelino Programador | SysAdmin Linux User: #484673 Asterisk User: #63483 Digium User: D1039273 São Paulo - SP / Brasil LSB Certification | LPI Certification | RHCE Certification www.avelino.us | www.centos-br.org | www.xfce.org