Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:33:31 +0000 From: Dofri Jonsson <imp@hell.is> To: Rob Evers <rob@debank.tv> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: creating a small FreeBSD box Message-ID: <20031105123331.365505d0.imp@hell.is> In-Reply-To: <3FA8E887.1020109@debank.tv> References: <3FA8E237.6080703@debank.tv> <20031105034548.K40387@skutsje.san.webweaving.org> <3FA8E887.1020109@debank.tv>
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 13:09:43 +0100 Rob Evers <rob@debank.tv> wrote: > Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > >>I need to make a few FreeBSD boxes, these will all be limited in disk > >>space, > >>and act as firewall/router. (pentium and 300M disk) > >> What I want is a limited operating system that has only the essential > >>networking stuff, shell, and a custom kernel but for example no BIND and > >>CVS. > >> > >> > > > >For very few boxes just making an 'ideal' machine and cloning may be > >easiest. > > > >For a few boxes - Do a man sysinstall - and see the scripting section. Or > >see this example: > > > > http://www.horseplay.demon.co.uk/freebsd_post_sysinstall.html > > > >for more complex setups - e.g. booting an install image off the net using > >PXE boot or an etherboot floppy - see > > > > http://www.xs4all.nl/~scorpio/sane2002/talk.pdf > > http://www.horseplay.demon.co.uk/freebsd_pxe.html > > http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/freebsd/pxe-netboot.shtml > > http://wiki.wirelessleiden.nl/wcl/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/NodeFactory > > > >Dw > > > > > Thanks, > > I have some reading to do :-) > > Rob Evers > There's also miniBSD: http://neon1.net/misc/minibsd.html Dofri
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