From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 02:06:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5740416A4CE for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 02:06:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.u4eatech.com (blackhole.u4eatech.com [195.188.241.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB6E43D67 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 02:06:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from richard.williamson@u4eatech.com) Received: (from filter@localhost) by mail.u4eatech.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i16A6Fw14285; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 10:06:15 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: mail.u4eatech.com: filter set sender to richard.williamson@u4eatech.com using -f Received: from venus.u4eatech.com (unknown [172.30.40.8]) by mail.u4eatech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 902481577D3; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 10:05:48 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.1.20040206093603.023dd880@cygnus> X-Sender: richard@cygnus X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:02:18 +0000 To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org, "Bruce R. Montague" From: "Richard P. Williamson" In-Reply-To: <200402052108.i15L8mXr000264@mail.cruzio.com> References: <200402052108.i15L8mXr000264@mail.cruzio.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) Subject: Re: PicoBSD diskless embedded 'where to start' X-BeenThere: freebsd-small@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:06:38 -0000 I've looked through man picobsd, as well as the docs supplied with the scripts themselves; I've found them both to be structured other than the way my brain works. Polite way of admitting that I've not figured them out yet :\ And your link I like, it has what I'm looking for...pardon me while I bookmark that puppy. rip At 21:08 05/02/2004, Bruce R. Montague wrote: > Hi, Richard. re: > > > ... can I ask here about steps to take? > > The following "FAQ" is somewhat dated (being most >specific to FreeBSD 4.3) but is thorough and has >helped a lot of people get up to speed on PicoBSD: > > http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~brucem/pico_notes.htm > > http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~brucem/pico_notes.htm > > > Current versions of FreeBSD (other than perhaps >"bridge" will not likely fit on a floppy. However, >if you read over this doc and customize a picobsd >to your needs, picobsd can work great. I've run >picobsd booting off SanDisk CD a good bit. You >can also do neat stuff like netboot piocbsd pretty >easily. > > Some folks inquired about folding some of this >doc into FreeBSD doc a good while back, and at >one time that was someone's intent, but the problem >seems to be that picobsd is a bit brittle in that >as FreeBSD versions change and grow, there are often >minor "breakage" and size issues with picobsd. >It's a slight moving target. > >More people probably use picobsd to "roll >their own version" than just use the standard >configs. > >This picobsd "FAQ" was aimed at encouraging >students to get into embedded systems, so there's >a lot of stuff in it that is not specific to >FreeBSD/PicoBSD, and I never got around to >going back and cleaning it up. > >The "man picobsd" page is now fairly extensive. > > > > - bruce -- Richard Williamson richard.williamson@u4eatech.com U4EA Technologies Ltd +44 (0) 117 373 6760 Bristol, UK BS1 6PL x5030