[SqNOS] List sayHello; tellMeHowToMakeCustomBuild

[Michael J. Zeder]

"Hallo", dear Squeak Purists!


As I am new to this list I introduce myself shortly. As startup entrepreneur I don't (resp. can't) deal with Smalltalk systems, unfortunately. Currently I head costum solutions for consulting professionals, mostly for the (at least objective-c driven) Mac platform. Though, I hope to combine one day my long lasting enthusiasm for "the only one", a fully object-oriented, self-contained, dynamic, open computing environment, with my business efforts. Concerning this, the SqueakNOS platform seems to me the most promising approach towards a next generation platform. I want to say at this point: thank you very much for your terrific work! I understand it is a work in progress with a bulk of challenges yet to face. I'm sorry for not being able to deliver code by myself, as I am not nearly as much into it like you guys, but I hope there will be a chance for contribution. Right now, I want to get my team members get a feeling for this platform and share my excitement about this technique, so they maybe will get onboard too... constructing the future of computing... ;)
 
 
 
That's it, what leads me straight to my question today:
 
I like to build a custom image for SqueakNOS (for demo purposes). 
Unfortunately, both "tutorials" I found didn't work out (http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeaknos/2008-September/000101.html and http://web.archive.org/web/20080215000403/people.squeakfoundation.org/article/61.html).
 
Possibly it's very dumb question, but: how do I get a bootable SqueakNOS disk image with my own "NOSified" .image and .change files. 
(I loaded the respective MC-package into the image, but further trials led to an error message, before even GRUB was loading.... Poor skills...)
 
I would like to get a new (costumized) Squeak4.1 version image running. So how do I accomplish this? 
 
 
 
One last question:
Am I right, that getting the graphics resolution above simple XGA is a major act beyond some GRUB config? Or is there a easy (or maybe a "dirty", demo-purpose-only) way without coding full video card supply?
 
 
 
Thank you very much for your patience,
best regards
Michael