From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 26 17:13:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA25829 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 17:13:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eel.dataplex.net ([208.2.87.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA25823 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 17:13:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [208.2.87.4] (cod [208.2.87.4]) by eel.dataplex.net (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA19611; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 18:05:34 -0500 X-Sender: rkw@shark.dataplex.net Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 18:05:35 -0500 To: Dave Babler From: rkw@shark.dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Subject: Re: is it live, or... Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I have a CD-ROM subscription >and so recently received the 2.1.5 release and added a SCSI controller so >I can install the live file system. I'd hoped to be able to free up the >space taken by the source tree. But if I do this, won't I then lose SUP >(or CVS) capability? Is the 'live filesystem' CD of any real use to me in >this configuration? Yes, you can mount the CD and then build a clone with symbolic links. (see "lndir" from the X-files) Then as you attempt to update, you will get errors because the file is "ro". I know that it is a bit of a pain to remove the link, but a good filter on the output file can automate it. If there is additional interest in doing this, I might try to arrange for ctm to do it automatically.