From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 19 11:19:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA05846 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 11:19:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA05841 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 11:19:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA15884; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 12:21:21 -0700 Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 12:21:21 -0700 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199601191921.MAA15884@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Live FS CD (was Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 Network Card) In-Reply-To: References: <01BAE61B.856C9060@chad.gaianet.net> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Doug White writes: > It is labeled "live file system", but there's really nothing to tell me > what good it is, except it looks a lot like the file system after I finish > my installation. Is it for example purposes, backup purposes, or > what? If it were me, I'd use it for reference and/or security. Basically, if you thought something was compromised you could check the md5 signature by comparing it to the one on the CD. Also, it makes it easy to go back and make sure things are ok, and finally it allows you to look at FreeBSD stuff on DOS when you are feeling lonely. :) Nate