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diff --git a/move/doc/README b/move/doc/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..181d9855f --- /dev/null +++ b/move/doc/README @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ + 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 inovations: + +- 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 |