From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 13:05:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44EA916A4CE for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:05:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE9E43FBF for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:05:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from daleco.biz ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:08:12 -0600 Message-ID: <3FBBDAF6.9060307@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:04:54 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030920 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathon McKitrick References: <20031119153747.GA38586@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20031119153747.GA38586@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Nov 2003 21:08:13.0390 (UTC) FILETIME=[3E609EE0:01C3AEE1] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I set up a firewall with minimal disk access? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:05:23 -0000 Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >Hi all, > >I'm hoping to use an old laptop for a dialup firewall. I'd like to leave it >always on as part of the network, but I don't want it to have the HD running >all the time. If possible, I'd like it to work almost completely without >the drive. > >How could I do this? > >NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. > >jm > > #man picobsd PICOBSD(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual PICOBSD(8) NAME picobsd -- floppy disk based FreeBSD system SYNOPSIS picobsd [options] [floppy-type [site-name]] DESCRIPTION The picobsd utility is a script which produces a minimal implementation of FreeBSD (historically called PicoBSD) which typically fits on one floppy disk, or can be downloaded as a single image file from some media such as CDROM, flash memory, or through etherboot. The picobsd utility was originally created to build simple standalone systems such as firewalls or bridges, but because of the ability to cross-build images with different source trees than the one in the server, it can be extremely useful to developers to test their code with- out having to reinstall the system.