11-23-2004
650GB partition?? If you have that much data filled up you won't be fitting it on a CD. You mean 650MB?
You can create a bootable GNU/Linux CD from scratch but it will require alot of understanding and decisions.
You may want to start out by learning from using anothers' build script to accomplish this.
There exist many LiveCD bootable versions' of Gnu/Linux, you might want to download and experiment with those first.
Linux Live Linux Live is a set of bash scripts which allows you to create own LiveCD from every Linux distribution. Just install your favourite distro, remove all unnecessary files (for example man pages and all other files which are not important for you) and then download and run these scripts.
SLAX is a small bootable CD containing the Linux operating system. All scripts and source code are available and can be used to build your own Live CD.
Gnoppix is a linux live cd based upon Ubuntu Linux. It can be compared to Knoppix but GNOPPIX uses GNOME as desktop environment.
SystemRescueCD Bootable LiveCD, uses Gentoo-Linux, has options to build your own CD.
Linux from Scratch is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system.
Tutorial
Creating a Complete Distribution on CD
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urlphy
URL(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual URL(4)
NAME
url -- Realtek RTL8150L USB Ethernet driver
SYNOPSIS
url* at uhub?
urlphy* at mii?
DESCRIPTION
The url driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the Realtek RTL8150L USB-ether bridge chip.
The url driver supports the following adapters:
CompUSA USBKR100
GreenHouse GH-USB100B
Melco Inc. LUA-KTX
Sitecom LN013
For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).
DIAGNOSTICS
url%d: watchdog timeout A packet was queued for transmission and a transmit command was issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the
transmission before a timeout expired.
url%d: no memory for rx list The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for the receiver ring.
SEE ALSO
arp(4), mii(4), netintro(4), usb(4), ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The url device driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.6.
AUTHORS
The url driver was written by Shingo WATANABE <nabe@nabechan.org>.
BSD
September 18, 2006 BSD