From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 25 07:54:09 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA00644 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:54:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (mail.palmerharvey.co.uk [62.172.109.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA00639 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:54:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk) Received: from ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk (unverified) by mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:53:25 +0000 Received: from voodoo.pandhm.co.uk ([10.100.35.12]) by ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2232.9) id CK5RCWL4; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:49:16 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=palmerharvey.co.uk) by voodoo.pandhm.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #1) id 104oL1-0007lE-00; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:54:07 +0000 To: "Greg Quinlan" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making a bootable CD for FreeBSD-stable? X-Mailer: nmh v0.26 X-Colour: Green Organization: Palmer & Harvey McLane In-Reply-To: "Greg Quinlan"'s message of "Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:33:52 GMT" <01be4878$1c697020$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:54:07 +0000 From: Dom Mitchell Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 25 January 1999, "Greg Quinlan" proclaimed: > Has anyone got any ideas about a diskless configuration of FreeBSD on a > bootable CD-ROM. > > ie. > no swap > /var & /tmp ... etc as ram disks. > > Too complex or too easy? > > All I need is for someone to point me in the right direction! Look in the -current archives, about 6 months ago. Satoshi asked this one. I seem to recall that the conclusion was "don't bother, you'll fry your CDROM drive far too quickly". -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator ``Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.'' -- Henry Spencer -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message