From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 11 21:48:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82C0516A41F for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:48:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andrew@fubar.geek.nz) Received: from avmta3-rme.xtra.co.nz (avmta3-rme.xtra.co.nz [210.86.15.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9952143D75 for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:48:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andrew@fubar.geek.nz) Received: from mta4-rme.xtra.co.nz ([210.86.15.193]) by avmta3-rme.xtra.co.nz with ESMTP id <20051211214841.SLDK1410.avmta3-rme.xtra.co.nz@mta4-rme.xtra.co.nz>; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:48:41 +1300 Received: from serv.int.fubar.geek.nz ([222.152.219.118]) by mta4-rme.xtra.co.nz with ESMTP id <20051211214841.SAYA1416.mta4-rme.xtra.co.nz@serv.int.fubar.geek.nz>; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:48:41 +1300 Received: from [192.168.1.160] (unknown [192.168.1.160]) by serv.int.fubar.geek.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61ECE611A; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:48:40 +1300 (NZDT) Message-ID: <439C9EB7.6080800@fubar.geek.nz> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:48:39 +1300 From: Andrew Turner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ulrich Spoerlein References: <439B5907.4010809@fubar.geek.nz> <20051211144138.GA1091@galgenberg.net> In-Reply-To: <20051211144138.GA1091@galgenberg.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDInstaller Beta 2 release X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:48:46 -0000 Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: >>As with the previous Beta release there are three virtual consoles available: >>* ttyv0: The frontend >>* ttyv1: The backend >>* ttyv2: A standard login screen to login as root with no password >> >> > >I can't currently test this, so I'm asking: Is ttyv2 running a full live >system with reasonable $PATH variable? In other words, can I run dd, >fdisk, bsdlabel (including vi), newfs, tar/cp/cpio from inside this >shell? > > Yes, it is what you would get by installing just the base distribution. The installer uses fdisk, bsdlabel, newfs, tar and others in the installation process. >And: Would it thus be possible to use dump(8) from the mounted live-CD and >restore(8) the system to the local hard disk. > > You could use dump and restore as the CD contains both tools. The only problem would be if you don't have enough memory as there is no swap until part way through the install. Andrew