Is it possible to install FreeBSD on a flash drive or memory stick and use them as an HD?
Yes. Instead of installing to something like ada0, you install to something like da0.Is it possible to install FreeBSD on a flash drive or memory stick and use them as an HD?
All are treated as regular disks and can therefor be used to install onto. One thing to note though, flash drives or memory sticks tend to "move around" depending on other sticks being inserted. So it can show up as da0, da1, da2, etc. In order to make sure it always works, regardless of the actual device name, make sure to use labels instead of referring to disks.Is it possible to install FreeBSD on a flash drive or memory stick and use them as an HD?
Most applications will, yes. Notable exception is perhaps MySQL/MariaDB as that typically logs to /var/db/mysql/$(hostname).err.examining hier(7), it appears that all(?) the log files are in /var/log. Is this correct?
You can mount a filesystem from a different drive on /var/log, that's the easiest way to do.If so, how does on practically accomplish logging to a different location, i.e., a different drive on the same machine
Typically only works for syslog(8) messages (not everything in /var/log/ is from syslog(8)):or a specific location on a different machine?
o A hostname (preceded by an at ("@") sign). Selected messages are
forwarded to the syslogd(8) program on the named host. If a port
number is added after a colon (`:') then that port will be used as
the destination port rather than the usual syslog port. IPv6
addresses can be used by surrounding the address portion with square
brackets (`[' and `]').
Both are the same? I mean, if you mount a filesystem from a different drive on /var/log/ you've effectively moved /var/log to another drive.What would be the advantages/disadvantages to mounting filesystem from a different drive on /var/log vs. moving the /var/log onto a different drive?