[Live-demo] Release: Arramagong GISVM beta 2.0beta2 & and ISO image

[Cameron Shorter]

Alex, you were asking about building the LiveDVD. Here are some tips 
about what I think needs to be done next. Any help getting this process 
automated will be greatly appreciated.

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Hamish,
> If you have any spare time, I'd be very keen to get some help with the 
> ISO building scripts. Run them, and see if you can make them work 
> automatically, or alternatively, replace them.
>
> If we had the ISO building script automated, we could turn around a 
> release in 24 hours and get debugging happening a lot faster.
>
> Stefan has written the files in: 
> livedvd/scripts/trunk/LiveDVDFromScratch/* and has run through them 
> and built an image. After running the images myself, I think Stefan 
> must have been running the steps manually rather than scripting them.
>
> I've merged these scripts together into 
> livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/build_iso.sh as I've been going, but I haven't 
> run these scripts yet. This is where I'd suggest you start.
> There is some background here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LISAsoft-LiveCD_process which links to 
> http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-customize-your-ubuntu-live-cd
>
> Your idea with qemu might save some work.
>
> I think all this can be run without requiring much bandwidth, if you 
> comment out "apt-get update".
>
> See also: http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/448
>
>
> Hamish wrote:
>>> And for the first time, I've created a live DVD iso.
>>> Frustratingly, I haven't been able to work out how to boot a
>>> LiveDVD inside VMWare Server, so I'm not sure if the ISO
>>> works or not. I'll be interested to hear feedback.
>>>     
>>
>> I've not tried this myself (yet), but I will pass on the hint I was
>> given:
>>
>> apt-get install qemu
>> qemu -cdrom binary.iso
>>
>>
>>  
>>> I was planning to set off a built tonight, but I'd like to
>>> hear that we have postgres data issues solved first, and I
>>> also need to focus on other foss4g activities for a bit.
>>>     
>>
>>
>> hopefully now the thing is mostly press a button and let it go?
>>
>>
>> we're getting there,
>> Hamish
>>
>>
>>
>>         
>
>


-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com