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Date:      Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:55:17 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Joe <josepha48@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd running on a cdrom
Message-ID:  <20030102175307.R21968@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030102220350.5971.qmail@web41013.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20030102220350.5971.qmail@web41013.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Joe wrote:

>     I've been trying to get FreeBSD to run off a cdrom.  Why,
> well longs story, the shot version is it needs to be able to be
> turned off and on like a lite switch.  (I understand the on part
> will take longer, but the off is just hit the button).  When I
> release this box it will have no console access.

Just run everything from MFS.  From a couple of weeks ago on this
list, here's the most effective CD-building package I've found yet:

http://www.freesbie.org

It does look for and mount FreeBSD and other types of harddrive
partitions in its startup, but that should be easy to remove.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA

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