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Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 08:42:25 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Craig R. Whipp" <crwhipp@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: customized strip down freebsd OS (less than 50MB)
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> Hi,
>
> I am looking for mini freebsd customized OS (less than 50MB). Is it
> possible to customize the freebsd to below 50MB?
>
> The list of modules i run over freebsd OS
> 1. TCP/IP stack
> 2. package installation.
> 3. File read and write operation
> 4. Apache server
>
> What is the minimum size of the stripped freebsd OS ?
>
> Please let me know detail/link how to customize freebsd OS.
>
> Thanks,
> Senthilkumar.


You might want to check out the nanobsd project, you can slim down freebsd to a
pretty small install.

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- Craig