Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:23:48 +0100 From: Howard Jones <howie@thingy.com> To: "Chris T." <cdtelting-ml@comcast.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] How big a flashrom for a minimal freebsd install? Message-ID: <44CA5634.70403@thingy.com> In-Reply-To: <44CA5231.1040409@comcast.net> References: <44CA5231.1040409@comcast.net>
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Chris T. wrote: > I"m toying with the idea of setting up a mini-itx server so I can move > the dns and firewall daemons off of the fileserver so I can turn it > off. I'm thinking I want to get a flashrom ide adaptor so that I can > swap setups on the thing by swapping cards. I don't see myself using > 4GB flash cards for this. I'd rather get smaller cheaper cards. How > big is a minimal freebsd install? It's not very minimal, but I have a quite usable install in a 256MB CF card. I have had 16MB DoMs that boot to X11 before now, but that's a lot more work to strip down (or rather build up from kernel+init, in that case). A chopped up make.conf and using buildworld into a different directory is all you need to get down to about 160MB, and you still have manpages and most signs of civilisation at that stage. It's nice to learn a bit more about the build process, too. Howie
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