[Devil-linux-develop] eLSD image and source tarballs -- announcing SOY

[John v. V. <joh...@ya...>]

Hi there have been requests for the eLSD images and source so here it is.

The new version, SOY, will be completely newly built using the v0.3 framework,
inside the BOCHS emulator from LinuxBIOS/uClibc components and intends to be
distro that can go into any boot sequence from any boot media (except floppy).

So the new version will be SOY, because eLSD is not controversial enough ;)    
                        


                  
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  #   eLSD CD Boot and HD Images   # 
  #    and BOCHS emulator kits     #
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http://www.thinman.com/eLSD/

EVERYTHING has tested ok, but the 0.3a release is very raw.

NOTE: Each version directory has a README.txt that supports that release.

eLSD v0.2   First true eLSD, major changes to the linuxrc and init.d/boot files
             * Does not require a boot floppy
               - Builds a boot floppy w/ save-config
           >>-> http://www.thinman.com/eLSD/eLSD-0.2/
             * BOCHS emulator kit
               - boots inside and emulator built, complete kit
           >>-> http://www.thinman.com/bochs/eLSD-v0.2-bochs-img.tar.gz

eLSD v0.3a  EXPERIMENTAL hard drive version designed to burn eLSD/Devil-Linux
            CDs.
              * Initrd w/ new busybox/tinylogin tools which works independantly
                - Your /boot partition is in control of the system
              * Initrd that boots to the DL derived hard drive eLSD OS
                - this allows and FSCK of the root file system w/o mounting
                  it
              * Gnu/grub boot floppy that has a kernel but no OS
                - Make the boot disk bootable, no tutorial
              * Gnu/parted floppies which has a full OS but no grub :(
                - First step in dist'n linux, includes text tutorial
              * New kernel which supports CDRECORD w/o append lines in boot
                process so that DL/eLSD can burn DL/eLSD from the CD boot
           >>-> http://www.thinman.com/eLSD/eLSD-0.3/

## Future
Soy v0.1  Complex Struture Model
              * System configuration through complex structures
              * Structures scale to distributed portal
              * Refined application server model


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bzip2 binary is provided in case you dont have it
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                      # Directory Information #
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** eLSD ver. 2 and 3 Directories

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eLSD-0.2/
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Includes DL boot w/ or w/o /etc on a floppy disk

** Images
eLSD-0.2/
  eLSD-0.2.tar.bz2
  eLSD-0.2.tar.bz2.md5sum

** Source Directories in Tarball
  src/eLSD-0.2.tar.gz


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eLSD-0.3/
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Copies DL type Image to Harddrive and boot as DL does

** /boot Directory
  boot/bzImage
  boot/initrd.gz
  boot/initrd_bb.gz
  boot/initrd_busybox.gz@
  boot_dir.tar.bz2
  boot_dir.tar.bz2.md5sum

**  Hard Drive Images
  eLSDhd.iso
  eLSDhd.tar.bz2
  eLSDhd.tar.bz2.md5sum

** Boot and Disk Tools
  grubboot_ext2fs.img
  grubboot_ext2fs.img.md5sum
  partboot.img.bz2
  partboot.img.bz2.md5sum
  partroot.img.bz2
  partroot.img.bz2.md5sum

** Source Directories in Tarball
  src/eLSDhd.tar.gz



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