[Byzgl-users] ByzantineOS Customization Kit

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Hello again,

I have tried to prepare a small XPI for customizing the latest ByzantineOS and
also the jEdit-4.1final.xpi
Included is also the latest HOWTO about installing ByzantineOS on HDD and CF.

From the README:

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ByzantineOS Customization Toolkit (byzgl-ct)
============================================================================

> What you need

	1) A ByzantineOS GNU/Linux distro
	2) The byzgl-ct.xpi
	3) A HDD of more than 64MB free space (EXT2 or EXT3 partition)

> Let's begin : reproducing the ByzantineOS ISO image

	1) Boot the ByzantineOS CD
	2) Install the byzgl-ct.xpi (ByzantineOS Customization Toolkit)
	3) Start XTerminal
	4) Type: "cd /Home; mkdir lala" (without the "")
	5) Type: "mount /dev/hdXX lala" (where XX is the HDD partition you
	                                 want to use)
	6) Type: "cd lala; tar xjvf ../ByzantineOS.tar.bz2"
	7) Type: "cd ByzantineOS" and finally
	8) Type: "make" (this will create a new ByzantineOS ISO image)

> ByzantineOS Customization

	The configuration files that you can edit/customize are placed in
	the 'Config' directory. Make your changes and just type: "make".

> List of files and description

	1) Config.Bookmarks		: the mozilla bookmarks
	2) Config.Clock			: set UTC=yes if your clock is set
	                                  to UTC (GMT)
	3) Config.directfbrc		: the DirectFB configuration files
	                                  (usefull for left-handlers)
	4) Config.DropIns		: the ByzantineOS DropIns configuration
	                                  file (useful if you want to install
	                                  ByzantineOS on a HDD partition or CF)
	5) Config.fb_modes		: Sample video mode (used by DirectFB
	                                  non VESA2 modes)
	6) Config.Fonts			: the fonst.alias for X Windows
	7) Config.fstab			: the /etc/fstab file
	8) Config.gconv			: glibc gconv installation files (if you
	                                  need more character encodings than you
	                                  must edit this file)
	9) Config.hosts			: the /etc/hosts file
	10) Config.inittab		: the /etc/inittab file
	11) Config.iPilot		: the iPilot startup page (if you need
	                                  change the startup page; defualt is the
	                                  application manager:
	                                  "chrome://applications/content/applications.xul".
	                                  You can use any HTTP URL for this.
	                                  Useful for iKiosks)
	12) Config.Locale		: decide which locale (based on your
	                                  location and language) and which character
	                                  set you want to use)
	13) Config.Mozilla		: default properties for mozilla (use
	                                  maybe to predefine a proxy server)
	14) Config.MPlayer		: command line options for MPlayer (you
	                                  may want to change the -slang value)
	15) Config.Network		: the /etc/sysconfig/network file (network
	                                  settings)
	16) Config.Timezone		: set TX=<time zone>, where <time zone> is
	                                  a value suitable for the TZ environment
	                                  variable
	17) Config.Xkbd			: X Windows keyboard configuration (you may
	                                  want to change the default keyboard layout;
	                                  default is the first entry in the
	                                  /etc/ipilot.d/xkbd.xml file)



			Have a lot of fun....
				the ByzantineOS team


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!!!! In the last release i forgot to increase the number of available loop
devices. The new GRUB menu.lst 
included inside byzgl-ct.xpi looks like this:

# File /boot/grub/menu.lst - Bootmenu definition
#
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(fd0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title ByzantineOS (Vesa2 800x600x16)
	kernel (fd0)/boot/linux max_loop=32 quiet vga=788 video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr
	initrd (fd0)/boot/inittar.tar.bz2
title ByzantineOS (Vesa2 1024x768x16)
	kernel (fd0)/boot/linux max_loop=32 quiet vga=791 video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr
	initrd (fd0)/boot/inittar.tar.bz2
title ByzantineOS (Vesa2 1280x1024x16)
	kernel (fd0)/boot/linux max_loop=32 quiet vga=794 video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr
	initrd (fd0)/boot/inittar.tar.bz2
title ByzantineOS (nVidia RIVA/Geforce)
	kernel (fd0)/boot/linux max_loop=32 quiet vga=791 video=rivafb:1024x768@16bpp
	initrd (fd0)/boot/inittar.tar.bz2
title ByzantineOS (ATI Rage128/Pro)
	kernel (fd0)/boot/linux max_loop=32 quiet vga=791 video=aty128fb:1024x768@16bpp
	initrd (fd0)/boot/inittar.tar.bz2
# TODO: MATROX


Best Regards,
George.

Links:

<http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/byzgl/byzgl-ct-20031212.xpi>
<http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/byzgl/jedit-4.1final.xpi>


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