>I'd like to see the following feature/program added to R5

Front End:

Do a 'CD front-end' only style install to a hard disk (just about works with auto-install already, but you have to disable mythbackend, mysql etc, and force the config script to run for the cd-install (e,g set back-end IP etc) as it's not *exactly* the same as a cd-only install.

then when the install is working properly and the user has tinkered with it(e.g I've logged in , downloaded some packages, done some samba mounts, done some nfs to the back-end and tested it) Allow me to select 'Make ISO of this configuration' , which creates an ISO of the working install, so I can make my own knoppmyth CD's and then boot off that for a robust (diskless) front-end. - could even allow them to burn it as well to an attached cd-r, but most would probably settle for an .ISO file to burn on another PC..

I think the only bits that are missing to do this are the ability to make an ISO copy of the hard-disk install, e.g some scripts to setup the ramdisk and make the filesystem read-only and 'cd-friendly', but that's all done already by the CD anyway, so I guess I'm just asking for a scripted version of what you guys do to make the 'front-end only' option on the CD to make our own.

>I think the addition of feature/program C would be beneficial because:

CD-Rom based front-end could be installed, and configured, then the configs SAVED to CD, these ISO's could also be downloaded by other knoppix users and used with their setups if they wanted?

Mart.

Easier said than done.

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