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From: Diana Allen <Smokepole32@yahoo.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD program.
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>Number:         142335
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD program.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-sysinstall
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 05 05:10:00 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Sun Jan 23 21:05:14 UTC 2011
>Originator:     Diana Allen
>Release:        NONE without "sample first", (to hard to recover/update/install apps on the Vista currently on system!)
>Organization:
N/A
>Environment:
>Description:
Download "lists" as a "live" download of approximately 224MB.
WILL NOT RUN FROM CD,
Insists on Installing.
>How-To-Repeat:
Download program ISO.
Make CD from image.
TRY to run from CD.
>Fix:
Remove "installer" and replace with a "run from CD program."

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-i386->freebsd-bugs 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Jan 11 09:45:45 UTC 2010 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
This does not sound i386-specific. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=142335 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->brucec  
Responsible-Changed-By: brucec 
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Mar 2 23:43:05 UTC 2010 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Take. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=142335 

From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To: bug-followup@freebsd.org,
 Smokepole32@yahoo.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: misc/142335: Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD program.
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:22:07 +0000

 The 'livefs' CD does run the installer (sysinstall) as a front-end, but 
 instead of the files needed to install a system, it has a 'live' filesystem 
 which can be accessed via the FixIt menu. That is, once you have a FixIt shell 
 running you can run all the base system FreeBSD utilities from the CD.
 
 -- 
 Bruce Cran

From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: misc/142335: Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD program.
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 18:55:45 +0000

 ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
 
 Subject: Re: misc/142335: Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD 
 program.
 Date: Wednesday 03 March 2010
 From: Diana Allen <smokepole32@yahoo.com>
 To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
 
 The installer INSISTS on partitioning the HD BEFORE proceeding!  THIS does NOT 
 constitute an "acceptable" "live" CD program from MY point of view!

From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To: bug-followup@freebsd.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: misc/142335: Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD program.
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 18:56:32 +0000

 ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
 
 Subject: Re: misc/142335: Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD 
 program.
 Date: Thursday 04 March 2010
 From: Diana Allen <smokepole32@yahoo.com>
 To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
 
 Actually, I do not remember whether there was a "fix it" on the menu or not.
 I just know that there was NO information referring me to the "fix it" entry, 
 and that starting at the top of the menu wanted to partition and install.
 Perhaps, you should CHANGE the program to provide "live" directly, and ONLY 
 call the "installer" for installs!  THIS is what ALL the other "live" programs 
 do!
 When it would NOT run "live" I threw the download disc away since I did NOT 
 want to do an install at that time, and therefore have no way to check it.  
 (Note that I have over 150 different versions of Linux, going back at least 10 
 years, and did NOT need to keep something that was obviously NOT working as it 
 should have, for whatever reason; INCLUDING LACK OF INSTRUCTIONS!)
 
 --- On Wed, 3/3/10, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote:
 
 > From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
 > Subject: Re: misc/142335: Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from 
 CD program.
 > To: "Diana Allen" <smokepole32@yahoo.com>
 > Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 12:58 PM
 > On Wednesday 03 March 2010 15:46:57
 > you wrote:
 > > The installer INSISTS on partitioning the HD BEFORE
 > proceeding!  THIS does
 > >  NOT constitute an "acceptable" "live" CD program
 > from MY point of view!
 > 
 > I agree - the installer shouldn't be wanting to change the
 > disk at all in 
 > livefs mode. Just to confirm, when the installer starts do
 > you scroll down to 
 > "FixIt", hit enter and the disk partitioning page gets
 > displayed?
 > 
 > -- 
 > Bruce Cran
Responsible-Changed-From-To: brucec->freebsd-sysinstall 
Responsible-Changed-By: brucec 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Jan 23 21:04:52 UTC 2011 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Back to the pool. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=142335 
>Unformatted:
