Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:26:46 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: location of discussion of lives Message-ID: <4B35D6D6.8010902@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20091225114218.AUQ52654@ms4.mc.surewest.net> References: <20091225114218.AUQ52654@ms4.mc.surewest.net>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigAC1B3B6131086BAEE3239EE7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net wrote: > Good morning, dear FreeBSD enthusiast. Can you help me to negotiate > the FreeBSD website? I am trying to find a general discussion about > "livefs." I have not been successful at entering the correct > sequence of search terms to find a general discussion about this > topic. I would like to know what this feature does, and the > situation in which a user would wish to install it. My question > would refer to either release 7 or release 8. Thanks for any and all > enlightenment. Yours truly, Lee S. 'livefs' is not something I recognize that you can install like that. In fact, it's not something I heard of in exactly those terms. About the closest thing is 'live filesystem' -- which is usually used in the context of the .iso CD/DVD images used for installation. In this sense, the installation media contain a ready-to-run copy of FreeBSD, and= it's 'live' in the sense that you can just boot up from one of the CDs an= d drop into a fully function copy of the OS running from the CD. ie. it's an ordinary filesystem, but presented so that it can be used "live". To = do this, boot from FreeBSD installation media, and select 'Fixit' mode from the main menu, then (I think) 'Live Filesystem' from the next screen. Note that although this is a fully functional FreeBSD system, it's *just*= FreeBSD -- no add-on software. Which means: no X windows, no graphical applications. You will need to be capable with a Unix CLI to use it. If you want a Live-CD with all the glitz and windowing stuff, then search= for Freesbie -- the projects main page should be at http://www.freesbie.o= rg/ but it seems to have been down for some months. You can still get the disk images though. eg: http://ftp.uk.freesbie.org/sites/ftp.freesbie.org/pub/FreeSBIE/ Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigAC1B3B6131086BAEE3239EE7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAks11twACgkQ8Mjk52CukIw8XgCfWTna4pYsy8PNk+xEFlwfa+Hx 9ioAn1N2GFcml84T05Rp9ZMSoeNROZ2+ =Y5vg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigAC1B3B6131086BAEE3239EE7--
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