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NetBSD Live CDs NetBSD Live CDs Jan Schaumann jschauma@netbsd.org PGP: 136D 027F DC29 8402 7B42 47D6 7C5B 64AF AF22 6A4C Jan Schaumann BSDCan 2006 NetBSD Live CDs Focus on NetBSD The first NetBSD Live CD: developed by J org Braun based

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NetBSD Live CDs

NetBSD Live CDs

Jan Schaumann jschauma@netbsd.org PGP: 136D 027F DC29 8402 7B42 47D6 7C5B 64AF AF22 6A4C

Jan Schaumann BSDCan 2006

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NetBSD Live CDs

Focus on NetBSD

The first NetBSD Live CD: developed by J¨

  • rg Braun

based on NetBSD/i386 1.5.2 included KDE, Koffice etc.

Jan Schaumann BSDCan 2006

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NetBSD Live CDs

Focus on NetBSD

The first NetBSD Live CD: developed by J¨

  • rg Braun

based on NetBSD/i386 1.5.2 included KDE, Koffice etc. sysutils/mklivecd set of scripts to allow you to build your own custom NetBSD Live CD written by Juan Romero Pardines

Jan Schaumann BSDCan 2006

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NetBSD Live CDs

Focus on NetBSD

The first NetBSD Live CD: developed by J¨

  • rg Braun

based on NetBSD/i386 1.5.2 included KDE, Koffice etc. sysutils/mklivecd set of scripts to allow you to build your own custom NetBSD Live CD written by Juan Romero Pardines NeWBIE: based on NetBSD/i386 3.0 caters to desktop users contains tools for web browsing, chat, entertainment, etc

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NetBSD Live CDs

Why only NetBSD?

<insert obligatory shameless advocacy here>

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NetBSD Live CDs

Why only NetBSD?

Mmmmm, NetBSD...

  • ne of the oldest open source operating systems

most portable operating system in the world possibilities for specialized Live CDs are endless: embedded market (firewalls, routers etc.) desktops on commodity hardware server market (think NetBSD/xen Live CDs, kickstart etc.)

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NetBSD Live CDs

Why only NetBSD?

Mmmmm, NetBSD...

  • ne of the oldest open source operating systems

most portable operating system in the world possibilities for specialized Live CDs are endless: embedded market (firewalls, routers etc.) desktops on commodity hardware server market (think NetBSD/xen Live CDs, kickstart etc.) Clearly the greatest thing since:

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NetBSD Live CDs

Why only NetBSD?

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NetBSD Live CDs

But...

Can’t we all get a long? NetBSD can learn from other people’s mistakes “experiences”.

<insert friendly smiley here>

NetBSD is not so different from the other BSDs: all BSDs share and exchange code all BSDs lack market share advocacy for one flavor of BSD could help the others as well Kumbaya!

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*BSD Live CDs

*BSD Live CDs

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*BSD Live CDs

*BSD Live CDs

Nowadays we have: FreeBSD based: FreeSBIE (Desktop, test-run + installation) Frenzy (“portable system administrator toolkit”) NetBSD based: NeWBIE (Desktop oriented) OpenBSD based: Anonym.OS (anonymity/security focused desktop) Olivebsd (general purpose desktop) ...and of course many others.

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*BSD Live CDs

Common traits

Most *BSD Live CDs share certain features: target audience overlapping lots of third-party applications maintained by separate groups of people

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*BSD Live CDs

Common traits

Most *BSD Live CDs share certain features: target audience overlapping (we’re trying to bait *BSD novices) lots of third-party applications maintained by separate groups of people

Jan Schaumann BSDCan 2006

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*BSD Live CDs

Common traits

Most *BSD Live CDs share certain features: target audience overlapping (we’re trying to bait *BSD novices) lots of third-party applications (of varying usefulness) maintained by separate groups of people

Jan Schaumann BSDCan 2006

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*BSD Live CDs

Common traits

Most *BSD Live CDs share certain features: target audience overlapping (we’re trying to bait *BSD novices) lots of third-party applications (of varying usefulness) maintained by separate groups of people (a result of the above)

Jan Schaumann BSDCan 2006

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*BSD Live CDs

Common traits

Most *BSD Live CDs share certain features: target audience overlapping (we’re trying to bait *BSD novices) lots of third-party applications (of varying usefulness) maintained by separate groups of people (a result of the above) This looks a lot like...

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*BSD Live CDs

“You know what would be great..?”

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Live CDs

Live CDs

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Live CDs

Kinds of Live CDs

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Live CDs

Kinds of Live CDs

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Pondering Live CDs

Linux Live CDs

All together now:

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Pondering Live CDs

Linux Live CDs

All together now:

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Pondering Live CDs

Linux Live CDs

All together now: Knoppix!

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Pondering Live CDs

Linux Live CDs

All together now: Knoppix! Sure, but what else? Kanotix WHAX Mutagenix Morphix Phaeronix Burnix ...

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Pondering Live CDs

Linux Live CDs

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Pondering Live CDs

Types of a Live CD

Regardless of OS: Install CDs Desktop oriented CDs “Swiss Army Knife” Focus on Security Fixed or specialized environment any combination of the above

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Pondering Live CDs

Install CDs

Actually a specialized environment: boot OS from read-only media provide a set of tools to install the OS can be used as a “rescue” CD tightly integrated into OS release engineering process Usually very generic in nature, but might be extended to do unattended installs or mass-installation be customized according to a System Administrator’s preferences

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Pondering Live CDs

Desktop oriented Live CDs

The quintessential Live CD: targeted towards novice users used as a marketing tool simulates a “full installation” lets users test the OS without committing to an installation more and more Live CDs allow the user to install the environment to the disk shwag value: almost as high as t-shirts (yowza!)

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Pondering Live CDs

Desktop oriented Live CDs

Requirements for a desktop Live CD: wide range of hardware supported in the kernel automatically detect and configure X Window System large number of third-party applications installation and configuration maintenance overhead compressed filesystem support needs to be updated frequently new release of OS updates of installed add-ons

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Pondering Live CDs

Desktop oriented Live CDs

Requirements for a desktop Live CD: wide range of hardware supported in the kernel automatically detect and configure X Window System large number of third-party applications installation and configuration maintenance overhead compressed filesystem support needs to be updated frequently new release of OS updates of installed add-ons => Almost impossible to maintain in project internal release engineering process!

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Pondering Live CDs

“Swiss Army Knife”

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Pondering Live CDs

“Swiss Army Knife”

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Pondering Live CDs

“Swiss Army Knife” Live CD

A useful tool for System Administrators. can be brought on a plane! no X required a number of applications to troubleshoot system failures or network problems native binaries for a number of different operating systems private keys to access specific systems custom tools and programs

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Pondering Live CDs

“Swiss Army Knife” Live CD

A useful tool for System Administrators. can be brought on a plane! no X required a number of applications to troubleshoot system failures or network problems native binaries for a number of different operating systems private keys to access specific systems custom tools and programs => Most useful if customized to match specific setup.

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Pondering Live CDs

Focus on security

Just as with a full OS, many different applications: embedded firewall instant router data analysis or forensics variations of the “swiss army knife” secure desktop environment

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Pondering Live CDs

Fixed Environment

Provide a temporary and specialized environment with certain restrictions and possibilities. Examples: “internet kiosk” anonymous browsing stations integrate machines with a different OS into a (temporarily) shared resource ensure an identical restricted competition environment

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Pondering Live CDs

Fixed Environment

Provide a temporary and specialized environment with certain restrictions and possibilities. Examples: “internet kiosk” anonymous browsing stations integrate machines with a different OS into a (temporarily) shared resource ensure an identical restricted competition environment => Heavy customization required.

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Pondering Live CDs

Are Live CDs different?

Let’s compare Live CDs to your regular Operating System: All existing OS installations target a specific purpose. To be really useful, all OS installations require some level of customization. Users have different ideas on how to use an OS installation. Imagine an OS installation that only comes in one of a few flavors, or let’s you do

  • nly one of a few specific tasks!

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Pondering Live CDs

Are Live CDs different?

Let’s compare Live CDs to your regular Operating System: All existing Live CDs target a specific purpose. To be really useful, all Live CDs require some level of customization. Users have different ideas on how to use a Live CD. Imagine a Live CD that only comes in one of a few flavors, or let’s you do only one

  • f a few specific tasks!

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Pondering Live CDs

Are Live CDs different?

Let’s compare Live CDs to your regular Operating System: All existing Live CDs target a specific purpose. To be really useful, all Live CDs require some level of customization. Users have different ideas on how to use a Live CD. Imagine a Live CD that only comes in one of a few flavors, or let’s you do only one

  • f a few specific tasks!

Then why do we treat Live CDs differently?

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*BSD Live CDs

*BSD Live CDs

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*BSD Live CDs

A consistent and coherent environment!

The BSDs have always taken pride in high code quality providing a complete operating system providing a coherent environment consistent release engineering a single “vendor”

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*BSD Live CDs

Creating Live CDs

Considerations for creating Live CDs: Live CDs are most valuable if they provide the same flexibility as the basic Operating System. Live CDs have the highest marketing value if they are up to date. There is no “One Size Fits All” solution.

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*BSD Live CDs

Creating Live CDs

Considerations for creating Live CDs: Live CDs are most valuable if they provide the same flexibility as the basic Operating System. Live CDs have the highest marketing value if they are up to date. There is no “One Size Fits All” solution. Implications: provide a framework to create a generic Live CD let release engineering produce these generic Live CDs let third parties use the framework and extend the generic Live CD

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*BSD Live CDs

NetBSD Live CDs

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*BSD Live CDs

Focus on NetBSD

In NetBSD, we need to consider: platforms that support booting from CD tools available on those platforms integration of the installer into the Live CD small footprint => possibilities to extend installer support for larger images via vndcompress(1) (“cloop2” format) next big thing: NetBSD/xen Live CD for buzzword value

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*BSD Live CDs

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*BSD Live CDs

Thanks!

Jan Schaumann BSDCan 2006