Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:10:03 -0300 From: Jean Milanez Melo <jmelo@freebsdbrasil.com.br> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: jhs@berklix.org, freebsd-small@freebsd.org, simon@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's our standard "stripped-down FreeBSD" tool? Message-ID: <46A8E37B.5060006@freebsdbrasil.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20070726.113506.1689681908.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200707242352.43948.ogautherot@vtr.net> <200707250931.l6P9VgeB088253@fire.js.berklix.net> <20070725105930.GC1524@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20070726.113506.1689681908.imp@bsdimp.com>
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M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20070725105930.GC1524@zaphod.nitro.dk> > "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> writes: > : On 2007.07.25 11:31:42 +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > : > : > "How long is a piece of string" ;-) ie likely depends what size > : > flash drive is ! My impression (non user) is Freesbie aims CD size, > : > whereas Nano or Tiny aim [a lot] smaller ? > : > > : > man nanobsd: > : > doesnt quote a typical size but does have SEE ALSO picobsd > : > man picobsd: > : > "which typically fits on a small media such as a floppy disk" > : > "The biggest problem is determining what will fit on the floppies" > : > > : > Suggestion: run them, generate images & use send-pr to report approx > : > default sizes to be included in manuals so we know for future. > : > : Default sizes for nanobsd in default config is 2 x normal FreeBSD size > : + ~5MB, but of course you need to set the size of your flash. You can > : get it on to a 128MB flash with a config file which excludes stuff > : like toolchain etc. without much trouble. The interesting size really > : is with a config file like this. > : > : 64MB requires more work, but is possible. > > I think I once generated a TinyBSD image on the order or 20M. > However, I lost the config files to do that in a disk crash... > With the TinyBSD minimal config, you can build an image with about 12M. - Jean
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