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Hello,

The main point is wether your embedded computer will have an HDD or not.
If there is a disk, things are easier :
- It is possible to operate headless (just a matter of reconfiguring -
maybe recompiling the boot for a COMCONSOLE)
- It is possible to upgrade via csvup/make world if you allow the
presence of development tools on each machine + enough space on the disk
- There is some support for ATM in the 3.x.y branch of development (not
yet considered -Stable / should be by Q1'99)
- debugging is done via GDB (+ kernel debugging with KDB ?)

I don't know wether operating without a disk is possible (but there are
ressources on freebsd-small and freebsd-embedded)

	Welcome to FreeBSD

	TfH
> FYI,
> 
> I have browsed the web pages and still have a few remaining 
> questions about FreeBSD that I hope someone might be able to 
> answer.
> 
> I am looking for an OS for an embedded real-time application.
> The OS will most likely run on a pentium PC.
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1) How does FreeBSD function in a "headless" state.  That is,
> no display, mouse, or keyboard.
> 
> 2) I saw information about installation of FreeBSD.  What about
> upgrades??  It is desired that this can be done remotely over
> a network with no on-site support.
> 
> 3) How about support of ATM NICs?  I did not see mention of that 
> in the release notes.
> 
> 4) Information on debugging facilities/tools?
> 
> I guess that covers my initial questions.  Thanks in advance for
> the information.
> 
> Eric Ashbaugh
> Hughes Network Systems
> 
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