On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:45:03 +0400, Mikhail Zotov wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:34:19 -0600
> Douglas Mayne <doug@localhost.localnet> wrote:
>> BTW, I have some screenshots of the "live" DVD of Slackware, which shows
>> the nice working environment that I prefer:
>> http://www.xmission.com/~ddmayne2/cu...d/screenshots/
>
> Douglas, I have a question to you. Recently, I have found time to
> try your project. The only way I've managed to boot the CD was to
> call the grub prompt and to enter that long, long line that appears
> in the boot menu by hands. Is this really the way you boot it?
> (I have tried the boot.iso.gz, v. 0.0.2.8.)
>
> Mikhail
>
If you are booting from the CD, then you should see this menu choice
right away:
http://www.xmission.com/~ddmayne2/10...2006-07-23.png

If you press enter and the bootstrap should begin. Are you booting from
the cd?

Pressing "e" reveals the grub stanza which is to be booted, but it should
not be necessary to change the values. Here is a screenshot of that screen
http://www.xmission.com/~ddmayne2/10...2006-07-23.png

BTW, these are screenshots of a testing version (0.0.2.9). This version
was not posted. Version 0.0.2.8 would look very similar at boot.

I will be posting an update with kernel 2.6.16.x (using the correct
unionfs module for that kernel, version 1.2). BTW, I scanned the unionfs
mailing list recently and there has been spirited discussions. The
project is poised to leap forward with the goal of official inclusion in
the kernel. I delayed posting any updates for a while because there seemed
to be some rapid changes in both the kernel and unionfs.

More Info...
As I noted to the OP, I am running that environment now- from a "live"
DVD. That works ok, but there is a quick way to improve performance. I
have written the readonly loopback component (a 4G file) to a magnetic
disk. This speeds bootup by a factor of 10 (vs. booting from the DVD.) I'd
rate its speed as equal to a "native" Slackware install when used in this
mode. I posted some screenshots to show off ;-)

http://www.xmission.com/~ddmayne2/cu...d/screenshots/

The idea behing creating the DVD was also to promote GNU/Linux to friends
and family. I made a few customized DVDs with the user account setup, etc.

The "rescue" environment (the CD version available for download) is
very handy, too. I have used it where I would have normally used Slackware
10.0 disc 2. Thanks again for trying my project!

--
Douglas Mayne