From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 26 09:27:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F15A9106566C for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:27:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 502DC8FC28 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:27:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBQ9QqqK043779; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:26:53 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk nBQ9QqqK043779 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1261819613; bh=Axznt+okKLJbf0BZQzJXnE9bNrbgw505lCK8396fmmg=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4B35D6D6.8010902@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20S at,=2026=20Dec=202009=2009:26:46=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.23=20(X11/20091129)|MIME-Vers ion:=201.0|To:=20leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net|CC:=20freebsd-qu estions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20location=20of=20discussion=20 of=20lives|References:=20<20091225114218.AUQ52654@ms4.mc.surewest. net>|In-Reply-To:=20<20091225114218.AUQ52654@ms4.mc.surewest.net>| X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=2 0micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signat ure"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enigAC1B3B6131086BAEE3239E E7"; b=hO1OiTnA6BGMUCy797aImtvj+9O5WHLdgV2TZ7NMjFmb/JlxpyIoDqxSBStPc3Lec r4GHSZufPfDHZjASo3MY9TTx3SW+K+DJcyDPLuEP8pcNxZrZzvLzPeziW+ozyhH6kq 4fMx+zsKbr/tHN+Pcxzf1H/LpuO2IIIqMrryaqwU= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <4B35D6D6.8010902@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:26:46 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091129) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net References: <20091225114218.AUQ52654@ms4.mc.surewest.net> In-Reply-To: <20091225114218.AUQ52654@ms4.mc.surewest.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigAC1B3B6131086BAEE3239EE7" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: location of discussion of lives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:27:02 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigAC1B3B6131086BAEE3239EE7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net wrote: > Good morning, dear FreeBSD enthusiast. Can you help me to negotiate > the FreeBSD website? I am trying to find a general discussion about > "livefs." I have not been successful at entering the correct > sequence of search terms to find a general discussion about this > topic. I would like to know what this feature does, and the > situation in which a user would wish to install it. My question > would refer to either release 7 or release 8. Thanks for any and all > enlightenment. Yours truly, Lee S. 'livefs' is not something I recognize that you can install like that. In fact, it's not something I heard of in exactly those terms. About the closest thing is 'live filesystem' -- which is usually used in the context of the .iso CD/DVD images used for installation. In this sense, the installation media contain a ready-to-run copy of FreeBSD, and= it's 'live' in the sense that you can just boot up from one of the CDs an= d drop into a fully function copy of the OS running from the CD. ie. it's an ordinary filesystem, but presented so that it can be used "live". To = do this, boot from FreeBSD installation media, and select 'Fixit' mode from the main menu, then (I think) 'Live Filesystem' from the next screen. Note that although this is a fully functional FreeBSD system, it's *just*= FreeBSD -- no add-on software. Which means: no X windows, no graphical applications. You will need to be capable with a Unix CLI to use it. If you want a Live-CD with all the glitz and windowing stuff, then search= for Freesbie -- the projects main page should be at http://www.freesbie.o= rg/ but it seems to have been down for some months. You can still get the disk images though. eg: http://ftp.uk.freesbie.org/sites/ftp.freesbie.org/pub/FreeSBIE/ Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigAC1B3B6131086BAEE3239EE7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAks11twACgkQ8Mjk52CukIw8XgCfWTna4pYsy8PNk+xEFlwfa+Hx 9ioAn1N2GFcml84T05Rp9ZMSoeNROZ2+ =Y5vg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigAC1B3B6131086BAEE3239EE7--