From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Dec 18 13: 9:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AAD237B401 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:09:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from andromeda.68k.org (callisto.teisoft.com [12.109.66.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFCC143EB2 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:09:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ayn@AndrewNg.com) Received: from localhost (ayn@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by andromeda.68k.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Debian-6Woody) with ESMTP id gBIL9qPj017007; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:09:54 -0500 Subject: Re: Minimizing base-system size From: Andrew Y Ng To: Nick Jennings Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021218110928.D5109@namodn.com> References: <20021218110928.D5109@namodn.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Ljqmrj8Gl2hhcZHuP+s4" Organization: AndrewNg.com Message-Id: <1040245786.14935.23.camel@natewks2.ad.newisys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 18 Dec 2002 15:09:49 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --=-Ljqmrj8Gl2hhcZHuP+s4 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable you can also do a `make installmost` instead of a `make world` to make the base system smaller, though I've never done that myself. /ayn On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 13:09, Nick Jennings wrote: > Hi All, >=20 > Recently I installed FreeBSD on an old 486/DX100 with a very small hard > drive. I am planning to use it as a little bookshelf firewall to > replace my p200 tower which just takes up too much space.=20 >=20 > At first I didn't think about system size, I re-built the basesystem > with nothing disabled in the make.conf >=20 > Now I am realizing I need to make this system smaller, I've disabled > several things in the make.conf: >=20 > NO_BIND=3D true # do not build BIND > NO_FORTRAN=3D true # do not build g77 and related libraries > NO_I4B=3D true # do not build isdn4bsd package > NO_LPR=3D true # do not build lpr and related programs > NO_SENDMAIL=3D true # do not build sendmail and related programs > NOPROFILE=3D true # Avoid compiling profiled libraries > NOUUCP=3D true # do not build uucp related programs >=20 > And I'd like to rebuild the system & remove everything that is from > the original build. Is there a supported way to do this? >=20 > Any ideas appreciated. >=20 > - Nick Jennings >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message --=20 andrew y ng http://andrewng.com gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 9bfc594c fingerprint : 46a1 29ff 893a 0381 dc81 1e1e bed8 e882 9bfc 594c --=-Ljqmrj8Gl2hhcZHuP+s4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+AOQavtjogpv8WUwRAr/GAJ4hKzwNy3lATBWoNINIFy+qHdbGXQCfc3xn zv/oDFFpupBqhOiuzXAZOog= =KvXK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Ljqmrj8Gl2hhcZHuP+s4-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message