On 2/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Millan</b> <<a href="mailto:rmh@aybabtu.com">rmh@aybabtu.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 06:00:16PM -0500, Dale C. Scheetz wrote:<br>> I know my idea would require a maintainer to step up and do the work, and while I'm not certain I'm the one to do this, I would certainly collaborate with someone on the problem.
<br>><br>> util-linux is free software, right?<br>><br>> So, fork off util-generic, fix the issues for hurd and bsd, and keep on truck'n.<br>> If util-generic does the job on all platforms (including Linux) it might very well replace util-linux. At least, that's a level of competition that could be useful for all.
<br>><br>> What do you think Robert?<br><br>Sounds like a good idea. I think from all the possible solutions it's the one<br>that sucks less ;)</blockquote><div><br>Let me know what I can do to help. <br></div><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> BTW, the latest live bsd cd is MUCH better than the first one. Keep up the good work! I've been meaning to talk with you about applying Knoppix technology to that boot disk...
<br><br>Will you come to FOSDEM? I'll probably be there. We can chat about this if<br>you like..</blockquote><div><br>First I've heard. When and where? <br></div><br>The main piece of technology is the cloop driver, which would need to be integrated into the kernel. After that you compress the file system do some init stuff to mount the image against a ramdisk. (You've probably got that pretty much under control, some minor tweaks may be needed...)
<br><br>I'd love to get together and talk, if FOSDEM isn't too far away...<br><br>Luck,<br><br>Dwarf<br><br></div>