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Date:      Thu, 1 Aug 1996 21:06:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Elton Chiu <echiu@direct.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD 2.1 Live File System CD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960801210433.219E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960730211311.002b35dc@direct.ca>

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On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Elton Chiu wrote:

> I finish reading FreeBSD handbook and all readme files and release notes on
> the CD-ROM and still can't find instruction on how to us the Live File
> System on CD.  Further pointers to related information will be appreciated.

The Live Filesystem CD can be used for a great many things.

Since it's just like a regular BSD volume, you can mount it and access it
like any disk.  

One thing you can do with it is using the 'lndir' utility, you can make a
symlink tree of parts of the source tree.  Then the files don't take
(much) space on your hard disk; instead you pop in your CD and look at
them that way.

Also, if you accidentally hose some file, you can just copy it off the CD
without having to extract the distribution files.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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