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Date:      Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:06:38 +0200
From:      Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How fast can I get FBSD to boot?
Message-ID:  <470564e070e01abaf5821d32d8fda2be5b7247f8.camel@riseup.net>
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On Tue, 2022-08-16 at 19:40 -0700, Pete Wright wrote:
> On 8/16/22 18:04, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Tue, 2022-08-16 at 15:06 -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote:
> > > Thank you all for your suggestions=C2=A0and taking time to respond=C2=
=A0to this
> > > thread!
> > >=20
> > > The Linux distro I have in mind is Tiny Core Linux, it boots really
> > > fast and it's around 10MB in size.
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > if you are in favour of FreeBSD consider to test BusyBox with FreeBSD.
>=20
> if you are looking for a stripped down userland like busybox might be=20
> worth taking a look at tools/bsdbox in the src repo.=C2=A0 The readme sta=
tes=20
> its a WIP - but might be worth testing if you are really space constraine=
d.
>=20
> https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/tools/bsdbox

I wasn't aware of this project. It's likely a good way to escape the
GPL-Sharia, if licensing should be a concern. For private usage BusyBox
seems to be a helpful tool, for professional usage it seems to be a
guarantor for a lawsuit.




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