From ff340ae492915a1723450c148641b594326c5fd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mystery Man Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:00:13 +0000 Subject: This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'V10_2_19mdk'. --- move/doc/README | 95 --------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 95 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 move/doc/README (limited to 'move/doc/README') diff --git a/move/doc/README b/move/doc/README deleted file mode 100644 index 28865cdba..000000000 --- a/move/doc/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -MandrakeMove is Copyright (c) 2003 Mandrakesoft - -MandrakeMove is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify -it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) -any later version. - -This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, -but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the -GNU General Public License for more details. - -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software -Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. - - - MandrakeMove README - - - General overview. - -Mandrake Move is a "live" Mandrake Linux Discovery based system, -an OS which boots off a removable device (a CDROM in our case) -without needing any installation on hard drive (it doesn't need -any harddrive in computer actually). - -Mandrake Move brings two main innovations: - -- ability to eject the CDROM which Move was booted from, still - running a multimedia player, so that user can play - ogg/mp3/vcd/avi/dvd discs without needing a second CDROM drive - -- transparently saving user and system data to a USB key - - - Technical aspects. - - CDROM ejecting. - -Works by killing most unneeded running application (open-office, -frozen-bubble, gimp, etc), then transfering X/kde/totem files -(already pertaining to a loopback) into memory, then CDROM drive -is not busy anymore. - - Paths of boot. - -MandrakeMove should work in three different paths of boot: - -- mode 1: no USB key - - automatic X configuration, DrakX starts up, asks for language, - license, asks for a key (we answer we have no key), possibly - for mouse and keyboard, username/password, auto-detects sound, - printer and network devices, starts up KDE - - this is a normal live mode, nothing particular - -- mode 2: USB key but doesn't yet contain MandrakeMove files - - automatic X configuration, DrakX starts up, asks for language, - license, set up configuration files on the key, possibly asks - for mouse and keyboard, username/password, starts up KDE - - once KDE is booted, we are in full Move move, in which user - data and system configuration data are saved on the usb key - - the USB key is mounted on /home, and some symlinks are created - from a selection of /etc system files to a per-host directory - on the USB key (based in /home/.sysconf) - - a daemon is monitoring modifications made to /etc, and - transparently copy modified/new files to the USB key; hence - Mandrake Move is much extensible, any modification on /etc will - be saved - -- mode 3: USB key, contains MandrakeMove files - - - 3.1: we are running on the same machine - - DrakX GUI not even shows up as we use existing configuration - files, we set up stuff of the usb key (/home etc) and we start - up KDE - - - 3.2: we are running on another machine - - We use language, username/password, and homedir from USB key, - but other system configuration need to be re-asked: - - automatic X configuration, DrakX starts up, possibly asks for - mouse and keyboard, starts up KDE - - - - gc, pixel -- cgit v1.2.1