Core book - topic listing

[Zendrael]

Hello Mr. Curaga!

My suggestions:

• Personal Cloud
• FTP Server
• Simple NAS
• Simple WebServer (I'm writing it with busybox-httpd)
• Media Server (maybe with minidlna)

I'll contribute with more as soon as I can!

[curaga]

Personal cloud chapter in.

[Zendrael]

A few more suggestions:

• FireWall
• LTSP
• NetBooting classroom

Should I send the Simple Webserver article to your mail or PM?

[coreplayer2]

I think a detailed explanation of the boot process has been mentioned before, if not then that would be interesting

[curaga]

@Zendrael

Either is fine.

@coreplayer2

It's there already, check the PDF

[curaga]

Zendrael's web server chapter is in, some new chapters.

[curaga]

It's getting into shape. Two things remain before the first alpha can be cut (yes, I'm treating it as a software project ):
- bftpd has a bug, waiting on a release to finish the FTP chapter
- waiting for the Firefox kiosk chapter

Now's your chance to get your name (or nick if you prefer) in print: find a bug (typo, bad sentence, etc), win eternal glory!

Planned timeline:
- after the alpha is out, a week's silence (no new bugs) means a new alpha
- if the quality is good enough, it's RC
- one week of silence after RC, assuming no bugs -> into print
- it takes a few weeks for the printers to ramp up

[andyj]

I see that on pp. 71-72 that rcS is not mentioned. It is a separate file now which does a few things like mount the root and proc file systems before handing off to tc-config. This is where we can add custom code in the boot process, like starting plymouth for a graphical boot splash to hide the console messages (especially nice for kiosks, etc.). Because it was split from tc-config for these sort of purposes, I think it's important to mention it, why it's separate, and how it could be customized.

[curaga]

Thanks, good point, added a section. I'll update the image later, perhaps tomorrow - it also needs to be split to two lines, the text is a bit too small.

[andyj]

I noticed that a new section for rcS was added to "BigTinyCoreBook" (my name suggestion). If you like, here is a code example to add:

Code: (bash) [Select]

#!/bin/sh
# RC Script for Tiny Core Linux
# (c) Robert Shingledecker 2004-2012

# Mount /proc.
[ -f /proc/cmdline ] || /bin/mount /proc

# Remount rootfs rw.
/bin/mount -o remount,rw /

# Mount system devices from /etc/fstab.
/bin/mount -a

# custom code here
ldconfig
/sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session --pid-file=/var/run/plymouth/plymouthd.pid >/dev/null 2>&1
/bin/plymouth --show-splash >/dev/null 2>&1

# continue with system initialization
/etc/init.d/tc-config

Also, IMHO rcS should be inserted into the boot graphic on the previous page. It looks like it will be a good M for RTFM answers to n00bs, not that we would ever say that.

[curaga]

Yep, as mentioned above, the pic is in need of updating. Didn't have time on Sunday.

Please check your PM

[curaga]

Zendrael's Firefox chapter is in. I tested it, needs a change in the firefox.tcz startup script to fully work.

[Zendrael]

Hi Curaga!

I saw the chapter in and the changes you made, thank you! 

I hope it didn't get too much work because of my bad english! Haha

How about to put a simple shellScript to act like a CGI in the Simple Web Server chapter? An example of how to do it. Something easy just to show how it works, like:

Code: [Select]

#!/bin/bash

echo "Content-type: text/html\n\n"

echo "<h1>CGI with ShellScript working!</h1>"

echo "Put <strong>any</strong> HTML output or load a file to show!"


Just renaming the script to <name>.cgi and inside cgi-bin directory.

If it's ok, I can write more about it.

[curaga]

Sure, added.

[Zendrael]

Thank you!