From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 10 07:19:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03273 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 07:19:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03267 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 07:19:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21800; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:19:22 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199812101519.JAA21800@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: loading FreeBSD without installing it In-Reply-To: <366FE17C.662D@interpath.com> from Michael Jaskowiak at "Dec 10, 98 09:58:04 am" To: skovian@interpath.com Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 09:19:22 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Use dd or dump |restore In a previous message, Michael Jaskowiak said: > Hello, > > I posted this to the comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc newsgroup, but I figure > that it couldn't hurt to mail it too. > > I want to load FreeBSD, compile a custom kernel, and get the OS > (executables and everything) as small as possible. Then I want to be > able to just image this onto a HDD or more likely, one of those > disk-on-a-chip things. Loading FreeBSD, making the kernel, and making > it small is easy, but I don't have a clue as to how I am going to image > this onto another HDD or that chip without loading from the CD or > something like that. I would appreciate any advise you could give me. > Thanks. > > Michael > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- What do you call a lawyer who skydives? --Skeet. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message