Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:06:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff S <small1@jamcotimes.com> To: <freebsd-small@freebsd.org> Subject: adding ports (and apps) to NanoBSD Message-ID: <200606091006.GAA04258@courageux.cnchost.com>
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I installed NanoBSD on a DamnSmallMachine (VIA C3 Nehemiah and IDE flash disk). I like the architecture and it booted on the first try. Well done! What's the "proper" way to add ports and apps? I tried ... Manually installing in the Files hierarchy. Pro: Do it once. Cons: Tedious. Impractical for large ports. Pkg_add in /usr/obj/.../_.w Run nanobsd.sh, chroot to /usr/obj/.../_.w, run=20 pkg_add. Re-run the last three parts of nanobsd.sh (prune_user, create_*_diskimage, and last_orders). Pro: Works. Cons: Gets trashed during rebuild. Doesn't scale. The following methods failed. Mount _.disk.image, chroot, then pkg_add. Out of free space during perl5.8 installation. Unionfs (empty dir over .../_.w), chroot, and pkg_add. Pkg_add failed. Unionfs of .../Files over .../_.w could be ideal. Any suggestions? Also, I found this web page very useful. Thanks Daniel. Unfortunately, there are no links to it. http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/nanobsd.html I'll mention it here so it might get picked up by search=20 engines. Thanks, Jeff
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