Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:19:47 -0400 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: kientzle@acm.org Subject: Re: Minimalist FreeBSD 4.8 Message-ID: <20030827161947.GS360@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030827072610.F249@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> References: <3F4B9BE0.5010209@acm.org> <001a01c36bff$cff9e840$a700000a@TYBOX> <20030827072610.F249@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au>
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 07:26:10AM +1000, John Birrell wrote: > One way to do this initially is to install a full FreeBSD system on one > disk partition and use a second partition for a trial install. FreeBSD's > boot manager will let you boot into each. As I'm pursuing these matters as well, I've found that mucking with jails is faster, for a lot of bulk work. Starting/stopping a jail is _much_ quicker than reboots. (And it's a lot easier to reset a jail to a prior state.) This won't exercise the rc* scripts, but will let you quickly test for dependancies elsewhere. And whatever you find for dependancies, please document them somewhere; I still have a fantasy of 'deconstructing' FreeBSD into finer-grained packages... > -- > John Birrell > _______________________________________________ -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large
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