From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 9 00:34:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA13483 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 00:29:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA13114 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 00:28:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA25478; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 00:01:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 00:01:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: ALBERTO PICCOLI cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD from the CD Live File System In-Reply-To: <19980208182422.29726.qmail@www01.netaddress.usa.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, ALBERTO PICCOLI wrote: > Hi, > I have e portable pc whit no more space. > > Can I use FreeBSD from the CD Live File System ? The LFS is meant for recovering lost files or borrowing for static storage. You can't save anything on it or make changes. You have to create a MFS /tmp to put temporary files to, and since you can't modify fstab on a CD to do that, you're probably sunk. > My LapTop use the floppy on the parallel port, > then if the answer is yes it is also possible to start > FreeBsd without using the Floppy. Parallel floppy? Barf! Does FreeBSD find it as a standard floppy in this case? I think there may be some magic at work to have this DTRT. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message