Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 16:05:53 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: graham.wright@raleigh.hcl.com Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pro's and Con's of FreeBSD vs Linux for embedded systems? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020530155213.00c7aa30@gid.co.uk>
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Hi, We've got routers running custom PicoBSD at various points arounnd the globe. We're also using various custom Pico-based diskless configs for assorted unusual tasks. The various Linux options are not so compact, and being mainly BSD-based we didn't see any advantage in going up the learning curve. The standard Pico configs probably aren't much use except as examples. Bottom line: Pico is _very_ compact (I continue to be amazed just how much you can get on a single floppy, although we mostly use CF or PXEboot) and customisable but you have to put the work in. -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 989 4254 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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