From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 10 22:15:46 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 3F0C616A417 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:15:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C239313C49D for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:15:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lAAMFZQ3094385; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:15:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 75A3EB8FC; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:15:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:15:35 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: John Smith Message-ID: <20071110221535.GA27868@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: John Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20071110154011.GB2060@kobe.laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd 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: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:15:46 -0000 --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 03:45:30PM -0600, John Smith wrote: > I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is > a newbie supposed to know the differenced=20 Both nanobsd and picobsd have manual pages. Try 'man nanobsd' and 'man picobsd'.=20 Picobsd has been superseded by nanobsd, whose primary is building system images for embadded systems. This is definitely not a newbie subject. > and how can I test this if I don't have a spare machine? Use a virtual machine, like Qemu or vmware. =20 > My question was more out of interest. This mailing list is called > FreeBSD-Questions, so why can't I asked a reasonable question and > expect a reasonable reply...? You're supposed to look for answers yourself first. A quick googling of tinybsd, nanobsd and picobsd would have given you these links: http://www.tinybsd.org/tinybsd http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/index.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/howto.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PicoBSD Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHNi2HEnfvsMMhpyURAigJAKCLV2sT4syybiKHdKDqqIFUXRTbIACgoTqY wP8j8LlV0gdMJQvBujNGtWA= =MdXV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd--