Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:54:07 +0000 From: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: "Greg Quinlan" <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making a bootable CD for FreeBSD-stable? Message-ID: <E104oL1-0007lE-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: "Greg Quinlan"'s message of "Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:33:52 GMT" <01be4878$1c697020$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>
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On 25 January 1999, "Greg Quinlan" proclaimed: > Has anyone got any ideas about a diskless configuration of FreeBSD on a > bootable CD-ROM. > > ie. > no swap > /var & /tmp ... etc as ram disks. > > Too complex or too easy? > > All I need is for someone to point me in the right direction! Look in the -current archives, about 6 months ago. Satoshi asked this one. I seem to recall that the conclusion was "don't bother, you'll fry your CDROM drive far too quickly". -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator ``Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.'' -- Henry Spencer -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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