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Originally Posted by argv
Depends on how you define "everyday work" and how you approach this everyday work, i.e. what applications you use.
Some call this filesytem loaded in RAM a "holographic shell". The one on the bootonly CD presumes the user will only be concentrated on one task: installing BSD. And the kernel config, filesystem and applications included are probably only those necessary to do this job.
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That's why I mentioned the LiveFS/fixit CD, and not the bootonly CD. They are very different things. The LiveFS/fixit CD comes with a full install of FreeBSD, and you can drop to a real shell, with access to everything that FreeBSD ships with.
The "emergency holographic shell" on the install CDs is almost useless, as it only has access to the handful of commands that are on the install CD, mostly geared toward installing the OS.
The spectrum of LiveCDs for FreeBSD goes something like:
emergency holographic shell on install cd -> livefs/fixit cd -> frenzy livecd -> freesbie livecd -> pcbsd livecd
The last two get you a GUI running off the livecd. Frenzy is a network/sysadmin CLI tool (FreeBSD+a bunch of useful ports).