On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 08:43:35 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message
<1b574913-ccd5-2395-1c8d-2647d7e4061c@???>:

> On 04/24/2017 07:21 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 05:18:32 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message
> > <b9fe011d-1f20-02db-ed10-8f67bcee3104@???>:
>
> <snip>
>
> >>>
> >>
> >> I don't know if this would be of any help to you, but I have a vdev
> >> live iso that I made using Ralph's vdev packages back in October.
> >> After reading this thread, I decided to install it and upgrade to
> >> the 4.9rt kernel. It boots normally.
> >>
> >> What I can't seem to do is make a bootable iso with the 4.9rt, even
> >> after upgrading live-boot, et. al. to the ascii versions. (There's
> >> a problem with the bpo versions of live-boot missing some parts in
> >> the initrd related to overlayfs and nls_ascii).
> >>
> >> If you want to try the October live iso, let me know.
> >
> > ..yup, url?
> >
>
> jessie-vdev2 iso:
> http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/files/experimental/
>
> Notes:
> - boots to console, startx to get to openbox
> - If you want to get rid of the desktop background, it's in the
> spacefm settings.
> - usernames:passwords are root:root and user:user
> - There's a gear icon on the panel that opens a terminal running
> the... (I forget what it's called) script that lets you switch
> between udev and vdev. I assume that it still works, but I didn't
> test it on this install.
> - I think I have it set to not install recommends.
> - *systemd* is pinned, so no libsystemd0 or libpam-systemd
>
> (these are older than the vdev in the repo)
> vdevd-2.0.2, libudev_compat_1.2.1, vdev-initramfs_1.2.7
>
> fsmithred

..thanks, DL in progress. :o)

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