From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 19 20:49:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF50316A494 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:49:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mj001@rogers.com) Received: from smtp107.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp107.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.225.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 500A743D49 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:49:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mj001@rogers.com) Received: (qmail 69885 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2006 20:49:28 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:Subject:From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=GYVhV1Xga5X2PvhGTlv5ZLe/EgvKoQ00UuxDFCJOjb1mZhz7qZyfHlXbb6xbLRrX8lHU6ikCgrs8JspOr2PVK48552wr1IyO3f0iUh5Xj4C8dnikUUmDjnXatcyTx4wYEnglzhXK3eCt261N5dbqREBGbT5FMA9EzktobGLKTqw= ; Received: from unknown (HELO chaucer.jeays.ca) (mj001@rogers.com@24.43.50.5 with plain) by smtp107.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Sep 2006 20:49:28 -0000 From: Mike Jeays To: Jerry McAllister In-Reply-To: <20060919144945.GA17997@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20060919085207.3646.qmail@web32413.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20060919144945.GA17997@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:49:27 -0400 Message-Id: <1158698967.52732.69.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Stanley Wright , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD from floppy or CD 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: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:49:32 -0000 On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 10:49 -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 01:52:07AM -0700, Stanley Wright wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Is it possible to boot FreeBSD from a floppy disk or a CD. I dont want > > the other users to know the OS is on the computer. > > Wow, stealth FreeBSD. > I haven't done it, but I think you can make a live CD and boot and > run from that. But what about disk space to use - you will want to > leave some stuff there somewhere to work on. Just getting it booted > is not very exciting or fulfulling. > > Of course, if the other system on the machine is MS, and you squeeze > it down to make room for some FreeBSD work space, it won't show up > in MS. So, maybe no-one will notice the space shrinkage. You could > go ahead and make it FreeBSD bootable too, but then they would see > the FreeBSD boot select menu. > > You could put everything there, but replace the MBR with the MS one > and then use the CD to start the boot and then select the FreeBSD > slice from its menu and then just run from the disk. Then the CD > is only needed for its MBR. I think that would work. > > Anyway, check the FreeBSD handbook on making a live CD and maybe > someone else will also dip in their oar. > > So, what's so scarey about someone else knowing FreeBSD is on the > machine? > > ////jerry > > > Thanks > > Stan > > --------------------------------- > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" A live CD such as Freesbie and a USB memory stick for personal storage should give you all you need. You can format the USB memory with the FreeBSD UFS filesystem, or leave is as a DOS FAT for compatibility with other operating systems. You won't need to change a single byte on the hard disk, and no one will know once you go away. If you are thwarting company or school policy, watch out! It might be much cheaper in the long run to buy another machine of your own. A used computer can be had for very little, and an older one will run FreeBSD just fine.