Re: A simple and hopefully usable FreeBSD live CD

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:59:51AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On 08/22/2010 11:50, Ed Schouten wrote: > > 2. Would a CD like this be a good addition to the provided install > > media? Does it actually solve shortcomings of the existing media? > > Yes. I'd also like to add that I've always wan

Re: nvi for serious hacking

On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 02:46:56AM +0400, Oleg Petrov wrote: > Hello, FreeBSD people. > > First thing to mention is that I'm very experienced Emacs user. I was using it > for 4-5 years or so. But sometime ago i began to feel myself so uncomfortable > with it for some reasons: first, i use many dif

Re: nvi for serious hacking

On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 04:49:20PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > I'd say "s/nvi/vim" (see http://www.vim.org/) if you want to really do > everything with your Vi. > Err, sorry for the cross-post :( Marc ___ freebsd-hacke

Re: ATAPI DVDwriters (not) to buy?

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 10:29:35PM +0200, Søren Schmidt wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > >How standard are DVD writers these days? In the sense > >of: can I expect an ATAPI DVDwriter to 'just work' > >with FreeBSD or are there brands/models to avoid or > >to prefer? > > > >Any experiences with a NEC N

Re: ATAPI DVDwriters (not) to buy?

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 03:11:50PM +0200, Søren Schmidt wrote: > > I used my own creation that at some point could replace burncd, but for > now it is just a skunkworks project (and no I wont hand out copies :) ) > > I would think that growisofs will work (I do have an ATA version of that > som

Re: ATAPI DVDwriters (not) to buy?

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 03:44:03PM +0200, Søren Schmidt wrote: > > > >You meant a growisofs version that does not require ATAPICAM? > > Yes, one that uses the ATA userland interface instead, just as I have > versions of cdrecord/cdrdao. > I used in past your cdrecord version when it was availabl

Re: ATAPI DVDwriters (not) to buy?

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 04:08:48PM +0200, Søren Schmidt wrote: > > > >I used in past your cdrecord version when it was available on your site. > >Is there any new version freely available? :) > > They are still at my site actually, butI havn't cared to update them > much (dont fix what aint broke

Re: ramdisk??

On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:16:26PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (sorry about cross-posting this question. not sure which list is better) > > I want to to know how to create a ram file system for /var and /tmp so > that i can boot from flash memory and mount those two file systems on > ramfs.