*BSD News Article 57322


Return to BSD News archive

Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news3.near.net!ray.com!news.ray.com!news.res.ray.com!swlnews.msd.ray.com!not-for-mail
From: wag@swl.msd.ray.com (William Gianopoulos {84718})
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Got My 2.1 CD! (Now What Do I Do?)
Date: 19 Dec 1995 14:01:53 -0500
Organization: Raytheon Company
Lines: 20
Message-ID: <4b7272$h4s@swlpak.msd.ray.com>
References: <dhawkDJuCGK.1FD@netcom.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: swlpak.msd.ray.com

dhawk@netcom.com (David H) writes:

>OK, my FreeBSD 2.1 CD showed up yesterday. Actually "CD's" --
>there's two of them in there. One labled 'Installation' and one 'Live
>File System' 

>What's the second CD for? 

>later, david

I was kind of curious about that myself, unless this was a place to find
copies of those files you accidently delete.  Nothing in the documentation
even mentions this second CD-ROM.  Of particular curiosity, is exactly why
there would be a /tmp directory on a read-only device!

-- 
William A. Gianopoulos; Raytheon Electronic Systems
wag@swl.msd.ray.com
--------------------------------------------------------
This is my personal opinion and not that of my employer.