From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 5 23:28:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8CDC16A4CE for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:28:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [203.39.118.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7C4B43D46 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 23:28:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])i85NRv41028538; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 09:27:57 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from wolf.bytecraft.au.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wolf.bytecraft.au.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 25675-08; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 09:27:56 +1000 (EST) Received: from svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com ([10.0.0.4])i85NRpAF028533; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 09:27:52 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com) Received: from wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Not Verified[10.0.0.3]) by svmarshal.bytecraft.au.com with MailMarshal (v5,0,3,78) id ; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 09:27:51 +1000 Received: from [10.0.17.42] (wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com [10.0.17.42]) by wombat.bytecraft.au.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23DC23F0F; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 09:27:50 +1000 (EST) From: Murray Taylor To: jason In-Reply-To: <413B8C5F.4000800@ec.rr.com> References: <413B8C5F.4000800@ec.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Bytecraft Systems Message-Id: <1094426869.43374.9.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 09:27:49 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Brian Henning cc: freebsdquestions Subject: Re: sandisk sd 256MB freebsd install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 23:28:07 -0000 google for miniBSD first return is neon1.net/misc/minibsd.html We are using this to put a FreeBSD installation onto 14MB of a 32MB CF card. mjt On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 07:59, jason wrote: > Brian Henning wrote: > > >Greetings: > > > >My goal is to make a minimal install of FBSD on a 256 MB sandisk memory card. I have a usb card reader and I was wondering if there exists any instructions on how to perform the install out on the web. I tried googling for it and found nothing useful. > > > >Any thoughts, > > > >Brian > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > Feel free to put an os on flash, but not the swap partion. If you have > enough ram you might not need it depending on what you are doing. > > Here is some info http://glozer.net/soekris/cf-install.html > > Looking at http://www.pretec.com/index2/product/SSD/IDE_Flash_Drive.htm > the transfer speeds are very fast. > > Checking http://www.simpletech.com/flash/flash_prox.php will show > reliability of write/erase endurance at 100,000 cycles. For data > storage and just reading 1s and 0s flash lasts a very long time. Just > don't write to them as a swap file or you could kill it real quick. > > For a flash drive like the usb san disk, it shows up just as a scsi. If > you need a swap drive you should think about a md in ram or mount a fs > after boot and make it sawp. Like an extra partion on a 80 gig drive. > That is if you are going to take it to demo on windows pcs. If its for > a diskless computer I would pop in an old spare ide or go with out a swap. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > **************************************************************** > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > **************************************************************** -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. 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