From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D087BC6B for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:07:32 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAPlmg0eGnQCBnmdsb2JhbACQGwEBAQEHBAYpmRQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,258,1196636400"; d="scan'208";a="6427842" Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr ([134.157.0.129]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 08 Jan 2008 21:07:32 +0100 Received: from hydrogene.pps.jussieu.fr (hydrogene.pps.jussieu.fr [134.157.168.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.13.8/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id m08K7O3S015305 ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:07:24 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 165 Received: from localhost (dogguy@potassium.pps.jussieu.fr [134.157.168.19]) by hydrogene.pps.jussieu.fr (8.13.4/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id m08K7NCA018682 ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:07:23 +0100 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:07:23 +0100 From: Mehdi Dogguy To: "K.D.P.Ross" Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] An ocaml livecd Message-ID: <20080108200723.GA24120@pps.jussieu.fr> References: <666572260801080658o226cba0bs8696e3bf01e61e61@mail.gmail.com> <200801081517.34568.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <4783AA97.3020706@osl.iu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4783AA97.3020706@osl.iu.edu> X-PGP-Key: http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~dogguy/dogguy.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.165]); Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:07:25 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92/5443/Tue Jan 8 18:35:47 2008 on shiva.jussieu.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Miltered: at shiva.jussieu.fr with ID 4783D7FC.003 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 o'caml:01 o'caml:01 findlib:01 ledit:01 emacs:01 emacs:01 cheers:01 beginner's:01 bug:01 -or-:98 beginners:01 wrote:01 compile:01 You can try to make it work using an usb key. And could possibly then add/remove any package. If you are a Debian lover, you can test it with : http://live.debian.net/debian-cd/4.0_r0-rc1/i386/usb-hdd/ or even http://live.debian.net/debian-cd/4.0_r0-rc1/i386/iso-cd/ by editing ISOs On 0, "K.D.P.Ross" wrote: > > Some time ago there was a discussion about the usefulness of an ocaml > livecd. > > There is already Demolinux or Juppix but they both contain a lot of > > data (.iso weigh about 700MB) and Demolinux is really aging. > > I think the idea of an O'Caml live CD is fantastic! Would it be possible to > have > (or have options for) -- in addition to libraries -- all the O'Caml > "goodies" > like findlib, menhir, ledit, ocaml+twt, etc.? -or- Perhaps provide godi and > the > sources to compile / set up packages on demand? > > -and- Would it also be possible to offer a choice between Taureg and the > O'Caml > Emacs mode (http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/u3-ocaml/emacs/ocaml.emacs.tgz)? > > //cheers > -Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs -- Mehdi Dogguy http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~dogguy/