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+                     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