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Date:      Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:14:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Tim Judd <tjudd2k@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: minimal install is too big
Message-ID:  <20071005101332.C28001@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <173981.50407.qm@web62415.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
References:  <173981.50407.qm@web62415.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

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> specs if I could get the general system small enough.
>
> The minimal install of FreeBSD as from the developers is about 130MB.
> I want to get something working on a 8MB flash. (For those curious,
> it's a ethernet NAS device)

compressed kernel (well stripped) <1.5MB
loader etc 300kB
libs - ca 2MB

4MB for programs. should fit.

if not, and there is enough ram, use mfsroot.gz so everything gets 
compressed and you could have about 16-20MB of binaries.





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