From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 08:24:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2368716A418 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:24:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e@recolon.ru) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CED913C468 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:24:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e@recolon.ru) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w9so517400mue for ; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:24:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.79.19 with SMTP id c19mr2265888fgb.1191572680295; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:24:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [81.200.6.25]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y18sm4989351fkd.2007.10.05.01.24.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:24:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:25:21 +0400 From: Dmitry Gorbik To: Tim Judd Message-ID: <20071005122521.08906f99@recolon.ru> In-Reply-To: <173981.50407.qm@web62415.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <173981.50407.qm@web62415.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.1 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_LQAOVBIYg0K20NU6KAyFdGf; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minimal install is too big X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:24:43 -0000 --Sig_LQAOVBIYg0K20NU6KAyFdGf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 21:11:14 -0700 (PDT) Tim Judd wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > Recently, for pure entertainment and a little bit of a experience > thing, I have been looking and/or finding many devices that have linux > embedded. While in of itself the fact that it works, I'm not > discounting. But I'd like to expand it or get it running on a system > that I am familiar with. So I was playing with the idea of using > FreeBSD on such devices, and I would deal with the individual hardware > specs if I could get the general system small enough. >=20 > The minimal install of FreeBSD as from the developers is about 130MB.=20 > I want to get something working on a 8MB flash. (For those curious, > it's a ethernet NAS device) >=20 > picobsd is discontinued, nanobsd claims it can fit in 64MB. I'd even > go with some NetBSD flavor, as long as it's not "linux." I've done > some research and would like to see this happen, but may just end up > using the GPL code from Linksys to get it working as I need it to. >=20 > Thanks for any update/idea/clue. >=20 > If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. > "I can" is a way of life. > More and Bigger is not always Better. > The road to success is always uphill. >=20 >=20 > =20 > _________________________________________________________________________= ___________ > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who know= s. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=3Dlist&sid=3D396545469 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" See livecd Frenzy =E2=80=94 http://frenzy.org/ua/eng That is livecd that us= es compressed UFS (GEOM_ugz, if i'm not mistaken). Maybe something interest= ing for you? --Sig_LQAOVBIYg0K20NU6KAyFdGf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iQEVAwUBRwX08Zs0+oyL5leDAQLl8Qf7BG9eQa0GtIxaud0prOBh3voCQfgk0buz NhMP8q2cFPlnAgK/CfRdxD7RdV1M1h07WDfGwA8s6YnSXB4d7zVZKMkTFK63asuI gWUm7CcjfISR2xSXBQVncjGMfD2ELxu/Volhcob5dOyzthiWrJrTrAmBZIpL97TT RiZS95uY8H8q7JL1a7XFPFQCpQbhlkeBNvA3QV/o0kBN53dwLZYg5fCdicHzg23V kjUpcEwJbxxOp9boI4e9u0cYpFTmdqT2umLP5jxLCLjuzMqjTEdF5NHcZCLrofKN scIdR170GMF7LVEoJv96m7YBfwNoylbJ/aJRulIeM0+AFXsLW/uzVQ== =LB8U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_LQAOVBIYg0K20NU6KAyFdGf--