On Sat, 12 May 2012 11:16:34 -0700 Tyler Morgan wrote: > Anyway, I hope that perspective is useful in some way. I have no strong > opinion on the usefulness of an OpenBSD live CD, and this isn't a Linux > mailing list blah blah blah
WHilst you have valid points, I think your being a bit too dismissive of Tylers mail Nick. Yes your right CDs are slow and rigid and Sds can even have read-only switches too and most likely better suited to most tasks. But there are pros/cons to both. Bootability can't be denied for cds, OpenBSD cds are given over dvds for bootability maximisation. I had to update a quite modern bios the other week to get an OpenBSD usb drive to boot. Some systems simply can't. Whilst less of a problem for BSD. CDs like floppies can also physically prevent cross contamination or tampering or persistent exploitations. If you look after a cd, it's also more reliable, if you don't it's far less reliable. p.s. there is a livecd creation pdf on the net somewhere. Not sure if it's still relevent but I'll dig it out of my system if someone needs it.
