On the surface, the live versions of FreeBSD are decent -
but unless you can pkg_add you may not get a full trial of FreeBSD networking capability.
I have PCBSD 8.0 DVD iso that has a live mode option, but my desire to try FreeBSD is for a dhcp server - so I'd like pkg_add capability.
I tried the PCBSD 8.0 hard drive installation utility to a USB pendrive ( dev/da0 ).
PCBSD needs 10GB to install to a USB (mine is 8GB) so I then went with
the FreeBSD install choice of the utility. It seemed to work ok, but when I tried
to boot from that new 8Gb FreeBSD pendrive it hung at a mountroot : prompt . . .
I could not even enter anything.
So, although dormant, the RoFreeSBIE releases may still be a useful live mode of FreeBSD on DVD iso.
The 1.2 release of RoFreeSBIE comes with dhcp 3.0.3
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=rofreesbie
Only two of the download sites still have the older 1.2 release with the dhcp 3.0.3 . . .
http://www.rofreesbie.org/mirrors.htm
Any other ideas how to get FreeBSD live version with dhcp server ?
(while I wait for this slow download from Romania)
Thanks.
but unless you can pkg_add you may not get a full trial of FreeBSD networking capability.
I have PCBSD 8.0 DVD iso that has a live mode option, but my desire to try FreeBSD is for a dhcp server - so I'd like pkg_add capability.
I tried the PCBSD 8.0 hard drive installation utility to a USB pendrive ( dev/da0 ).
PCBSD needs 10GB to install to a USB (mine is 8GB) so I then went with
the FreeBSD install choice of the utility. It seemed to work ok, but when I tried
to boot from that new 8Gb FreeBSD pendrive it hung at a mountroot : prompt . . .
I could not even enter anything.
So, although dormant, the RoFreeSBIE releases may still be a useful live mode of FreeBSD on DVD iso.
The 1.2 release of RoFreeSBIE comes with dhcp 3.0.3
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=rofreesbie
Only two of the download sites still have the older 1.2 release with the dhcp 3.0.3 . . .
http://www.rofreesbie.org/mirrors.htm
Any other ideas how to get FreeBSD live version with dhcp server ?
(while I wait for this slow download from Romania)
Thanks.