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Date:      Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:32:38 -0800 (PST)
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:    Re: cvs commit: src/tools/tools/nanobsd Makefile i386.diskimage make.conf 
Message-ID:  <20040310183134.U61757@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040310.180550.67883875.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <phk@FreeBSD.org> <200403101428.i2AESTHp037005@green.homeunix.org> <20040310.180550.67883875.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <200403101428.i2AESTHp037005@green.homeunix.org>
>             "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> : Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> : > phk         2004/03/10 02:28:34 PST
> : >
> : >   FreeBSD src repository
> : >
> : >   Added files:
> : >     tools/tools/nanobsd  Makefile i386.diskimage make.conf
> : >   Log:
> : >   Add first cut at "nanobsd":
> : >
> : >   Nanobsd should make it very simple for people to create (CF-)disk images
> : >   for embedded us of FreeBSD.
> : >
> : >   Currently only works for 256MB disks.  More agrressive shaving of the
> : >   build image can reduce that much further.
> :
> : Nice to have the capability without having to rewrite it each time :-)
> : I didn't see anywhere that the libraries are trimmed down to only the ones
> : to be used; the build system I've done does that for base system and for
> : packages.  Would you like a copy of that?
>
> I have extensive scripts to do this sort of thing as well.  I plan on
> integrating them into the nanobsd stuff since it looks like a good
> base.  The system I use is much more of a cradle -> grave system that
> I'm trying to generalize into something before committing as well.

I think everyone who's built an embedded system has at some point built
that.  :)  Mine was based on a sh script that was done by a Linux guy,
maybe the busybox maintainer?

-Nate



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