FreeSBIE, Live CD System based on FreeBSD. http://www.freesbie.org/

headers Hirano Kazunari | 28 Sep 2011 13:14

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On 04/06/2011, George Wood <gwood <at> woodsite.net> wrote:
>
> The answer is, of course, '42'.
>
> The freesbie website on www.freesbie.org seems to have died.
>
> The us download mirror is still up on
>
>   http://mirrors.isc.org/pub/FreeSBIE/
>
> most releases of FreeSBIE are there.  However, FreeSBIE has not been
> maintained or updated in several years.
>
> PC-BSD is another FreeBSD offshoot with a bootable dvd.  get it at
> www.pcbsd.org.
>
> It needs a pc with a bootable dvd drive and a gb or so of ram.  There
> is also a bootable usb flash drive image, which needs a bootable usb
> port.
>
> The dve (or flash drive) can be used both to run PCBSD in live-mode,
> diorecttlty from the dvd, AND to will install pc-bsd;  be careful at
> the boot menu to choose 'boot in live mode' (option 3, I think)
> unless you want to install it to the hard disk.  (you will have
> several other opportunities to abort the installation if you start it
> accidentally).
>
> I do occasionally use a FreeSBIE disk; it doesn't need quite as much
> ram as the pcbsd (running in live mode), and it does not require a
> dvd.  But it also doesn't have as rich an environment.
>
> I'm not a member of the FreeSBIE development group.  I'm just on the
> mailing list.  I keep hopeing someone will resurrect it, or some
> similar small-footprint bootable image.
>
> Don't panic!
>
> George D. Wood, Ph.D.
> gwood <at> woodsite.net
>
> On Jun 4th, Bret Busby (>BB>) wrote:
>
>>BB> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 03:49:53 +0800
>>BB> From: Bret Busby <bret.busby <at> gmail.com>
>>BB> Reply-To: FreeSBIE e FreeBSD <freesbie <at> gufi.org>
>>BB> To: freesbie <at> gufi.org
>>BB> Subject: Query as to whether FreeSBIE is stiill available
>>BB>
>>BB> Hello.
>>BB>
>>BB> I have recently found of the existence of FreeSBIE.
>>BB>
>>BB> In trying to download a copy of FreeSBIE, with, I understand, version
>>BB> 2.0.1 being the latest current stable version, using the links on the
>>BB> web page at http://www.freesbie.org/downloads.php, I found the
>>BB> following links to be broken.
>>BB>
>>BB> Under the heading FTP sites:
>>BB>
>>BB> # ftp.freesbie.org
>>BB> # ftp2.freesbie.org
>>BB> # ftp.ca.freesbie.org
>>BB>
>>BB> Under the heading HTTP sites:
>>BB>
>>BB> * ftp.freesbie.org
>>BB>
>>BB> So, is FreeSBIE still available, or, has it been abandoned?
>>BB>
>>BB> >From what I have read, no messages, and, no updates, appear to have
>>BB> been posted, for about a year, and I am wondering whether the project
>>BB> has been abandoned.
>>BB>
>>BB> Thank you in anticipation, for your response.
>>BB>
>>BB> --
>>BB> Bret Busby
>>BB> Armadale
>>BB> West Australia
>>BB> ..............
>>BB>
>>BB> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>>BB>  you'll know what the answer means."
>>BB> - Deep Thought,
>>BB>  Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>>BB>  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>>BB>  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>>BB>  written by Douglas Adams,
>>BB>  published by Pan Books, 1992
>>BB>
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>>BB>
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>

Hello.

Thank you for your response.

I had downloaded a copy of the i386 version of the PCBSD 8.2, to try
on some of the 32 bit computers here, and a copy of the 64 bit
version, to try on some of the 64 bit computers.

However, I tried to run the i386 version in the Live mode, on my
HP/Compaq NX5000, which, from the FLCL web site, would be compatible
other than the WiFi, in which I am not interested, anyway.

But the PCBSD 8.2, I found to be problematic; it took three attempts
to get past the boot menu (the one with the options, where a user
chooses to install or to boot into Live mode), and, when it did manage
to go past that boot menu, it hung at the X-Windows stage; where it is
supposed to display the X-Windows screen.

So, for that computer, anyway, I would apparently have to try the
FreesBIE version, which, whilst I am aware that it  (FreesBIE 2.0.1, I
think, is the latest current stable version) is based on FreeBSD 6.2
(from memory) rather than being based on FreeBSD 8.2, on which I
understand PCBSD 8.2 to be based, I understand to use windows managers
(Fluxbox and XFCE, I think) that are much less resource demanding than
KDE, that PCBSD apparently uses.

I had posted a query to the PCBSD mailing list, asking about the
progress of PCBSD 9, which I understand will allow a user to run GNOME
(with which I am more familiar with its use, having used it for some
years on various versions of Linux0 rather than KDE, as I understand
that GNOME has a much lesser requirement of resources to run it, than
does KDE. I am waiting for a response to that query.

So I shall try the USA hosting site for the FreeSBIE downloads, to try
to get a useable download of FreeSBIE 2.0.1. That hosting site is, I
think, not included in the list of hosting sites for the downloads, on
the web page at http://www.freesbie.org/downloads.php .

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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Hello.

I have recently found of the existence of FreeSBIE.

In trying to download a copy of FreeSBIE, with, I understand, version
2.0.1 being the latest current stable version, using the links on the
web page at http://www.freesbie.org/downloads.php, I found the
following links to be broken.

Under the heading FTP sites:

# ftp.freesbie.org
# ftp2.freesbie.org
# ftp.ca.freesbie.org

Under the heading HTTP sites:

* ftp.freesbie.org

So, is FreeSBIE still available, or, has it been abandoned?

>From what I have read, no messages, and, no updates, appear to have
been posted, for about a year, and I am wondering whether the project
has been abandoned.

Thank you in anticipation, for your response.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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Hi FreeSBIEers,

Just in case someone is interested: I've updated the FreeBSD+GNOME
patches for FreeSBIE at

  http://gavare.se/freebsd-gnome-live-cd/

so that they work with FreeBSD 8.0-RC2.

(I've only tried the result in QEMU so far, not on real hardware.)

Anders

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I can't get anything from wiki.freesbie.org.

I'm looking for freesbie toolkit v2 documentation.

Help!

> From spammesilly <at> gmail.com Fri Feb 13 09:28:28 2009
> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:41:00 -0500
> From: Daniel Gonzalez <spammesilly <at> gmail.com>
> To: George <gwood+freesbie <at> woodsite.net>,
>      FreeSBIE e FreeBSD <freesbie <at> gufi.org>
> Subject: Re: freesbie wiki (toolkit documentation)
>
> The main site is still up. It just took a real long time to load (>1
> minute).
>
> Regards
> Dan Gonzalez
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:58 PM, George Wood
> <gwood+freesbie <at> woodsite.net> wrote:
>
>       The freesbie wiki, which has the toolkit documentation, seems
>       to be down for a while.  wiki.freesbie.org.  and now the main site,
>       www.freesbie.org also seems to be down.
>
>       George D. Wood, Ph.D.
>       gwood <at> woodsite.net
>
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> --
> Dan Gonzalez
> spammesilly <at> gmail.com
> IM: signulth
>

George D. Wood, Ph.D.
gwood <at> woodsite.net

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The freesbie wiki, which has the toolkit documentation, seems to be
down for a while.  wiki.freesbie.org.  and now the main site,
www.freesbie.org also seems to be down.

George D. Wood, Ph.D.
gwood <at> woodsite.net

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Hello list,

Newbie on this list, i try to compile freesbie on Current FreeBSD
from Yesterday on a i386 machine.

i am facing towards this error:
    in .tmp_buildkernel:
cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf; 
PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/games:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/games:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 config  -d /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FREESBIE  /usr/local/share/freesbie/conf/i386/FREESBIE
/usr/local/share/freesbie/conf/i386/FREESBIE:
unknown option "TCP_DROP_SYNFIN"

TCP_DROP_SYNFIN is an option of rc.conf
and src/etc/rc.d/networkoptions.

    the man rc.conf(5) says:
     tcp_drop_synfin
		 (bool) Set to ``NO'' by default.  Setting to ``YES'' will
		 cause the kernel to ignore TCP frames that have both the SYN
		 and FIN flags set.  This prevents OS fingerprinting, but may
		 break some legitimate applications.

so, my first question:
is Freesbie suited to compile on CURRENT?
and if so, how to solve this error?

Second: i try to compile dcons_crom and dconschat in freesbie,
do you plan to integrate them in the next version?
It would be very useful for me at least and certainly for others.

Thanks in advance, and ciao.

Raoul
rmgls <at> free.fr
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