Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:47:50 +0100 From: taxman <taxman@acd.net> To: Walter <walterk1@earthlink.net>, Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Memory disk Message-ID: <200302122147.50842.taxman@acd.net> In-Reply-To: <3E4ABA59.2040902@earthlink.net> References: <3E4A7491.5020900@northnetworks.ca> <3E4ABA59.2040902@earthlink.net>
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Ok, I'll try to answer both all in one go. hopefully others will turn up= good=20 links. googling for some of the ideas I'm mentioning will be your friend On Wednesday 12 February 2003 10:19 pm, Walter wrote: > Steve Bertrand wrote: > > The reason for this is so I can make my boxes much smaller and much=20 > > faster (no hdd i/o). > >=20 > > 1. Is it possible to do a custom r/o install of Free onto a CD? yes. it's called makiing a release. see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/release-build.= html and man release > > 2. Is it possible to run FreeBSd out of memory with no hdd? yes. it would be running on a ramdisk. search the archives, there have = been=20 many conversations about the best way to do that. Maybe mfs is what you'= re=20 looking for: man mfs >=20 > This is a novice wondering out loud: To keep things > small, is it possible to use the new memory cards > (for digital cameras) instead of a hard drive? The yes. look for a compact flash - IDE adapter. You can then run off of a=20 comapct flash card. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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