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Julian Elischer wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know whether the above mentionned bsd systems boot to a ram 
> disk or keep their filesystem on teh flash/disk?

Julian,

It depends...

Its been a while, but any system I've built lately (not related to the 
aforementioned) are easily dumped from startup->running (then pull the 
boot medium).

I'll find out for you, but if you can provide me with the 'why' factor, 
it would make research easier and more focused.

Steve