Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:54:38 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD off of CDROM Message-ID: <20010124185438.K45221@citusc17.usc.edu> In-Reply-To: <200101250053.QAA29043@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org>; from dave@jetcafe.org on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:53:39PM -0800 References: <200101250053.QAA29043@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org>
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--sdEQJo40s7ofW8iR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:53:39PM -0800, Dave Hayes wrote: > I was asked recently if it was possible to run a FreeBSD server > entirely off of CDROM. Now I know that things like /var need to be > writable, and that the initial question as worded was rather naive. > However, modulo writable filesystems which can be mounted separately, > has anyone ever done something like this? Yes. In fact I think the BSDi CD sets even come with a bootable live filesystem CD which is exactly this (not sure if it takes care of writability issues). If not the release CD sets, then the Toolkit..I've seen it somewhere. Kris --=20 NOTE: To fetch an updated copy of my GPG key which has not expired, finger kris@FreeBSD.org --sdEQJo40s7ofW8iR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6b5VuWry0BWjoQKURAiFEAJ95sLO/DtkVPSV35HGZCcCx2+4idgCgpCmd I+JAVvfiLpQpCTPZ5Thf4+g= =j7ti -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sdEQJo40s7ofW8iR-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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