Re: [Tlf-devel] morphix cdrom problems

[Bob Nielsen]

On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:00:45AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:39:15AM +0800, Peter Barrett wrote:
> > Hi from Perth W.A.
> > 
> > Great idea guys, a live CD full of linux ham stuff!
> > 
> > I had the idea of building a disk like this and trying to get Australian 
> > Amateur Radio magazine to put out an issue with the CD stuck to the front 
> > and an article inside on how to use it, you know, like the PC mags do.
> > 
> > Yours is on the similar track.
> > The problems I have had are these:
> > There are no AX25 drivers. The 2.4.21-xls kernel was compiled without them. 
> > This makes ax25-tools, libax25, ax25-apps etc pretty much useless, so most 
> > newbies would be lost.
> > Most hams dont do much DXpeditioning, but they love things like oregano, 
> > geda, eagle, predict and sattrack.
> > 
> > It would appear to be reasonably straightforward to produce such a cd, with 
> > everything a ham is likely to go for.
> > I have tried to follow the recipes in the Morphix page but still not 
> > sure....
> > Perhaps you could give me a few pointers...
> > 
> > cheers
> > 
> > 73deVK6KEG
> > 
> > Peter in Beckenham WA
> 
> Take a look at AFU-Knoppix <http://www.afu-knoppix.de>.  This is
> similar, but has the ax25, mkiss, etc., drivers included in the kernel
> (AFAIK, no TLF however).  Perhaps the two projects could be combined. 
> I'll look into that in the coming year (I had planned to build a
> Knoppix- or Morphix-based ham CD myself until I found that one already 
> existed).
> 
> 73, Bob N7XY
> Bainbridge Island, WA (different WA!)
> 

I just checked and AFU-Knoppix does have TLF (without the USB-stick or
floppy logging feature).

Bob