From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 9 02:30:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A7B106567D for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 02:30:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sbruno@miralink.com) Received: from plato.miralink.com (mail.miralink.com [70.103.185.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B4868FC32 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 02:30:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sbruno@miralink.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by plato.miralink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDE5061BBA2; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 18:30:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from plato.miralink.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (plato.miralink.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 20269-06; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 18:30:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.47.1.110] (vpn.office.miralink.com [10.0.0.5]) by plato.miralink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE6A361BB9C; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 18:30:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47D34BAD.3020609@miralink.com> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:30:05 -0800 From: Sean Bruno User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gilles References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DSPAM-Result: Innocent X-DSPAM-Processed: Sat Mar 8 18:30:06 2008 X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.9997 X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000 X-DSPAM-Signature: 47d34bae76131804284693 X-DSPAM-Factors: 27, X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.499 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 autolearn=ham tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599, DSPAM_HAM=-0.1] X-Spam-Score: -4.499 X-Spam-Level: Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a CompactFlash X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:30:07 -0000 Gilles wrote: > Hello > > After giving CF-based distros a try to run an Asterisk PBX, the > conclusion is that they're nice... as long as the apps they offer are > fine with you... which they aren't, so, if possible, I'd like to use a > regular FreeBSD distro, so I can install whatever application I need. > > At this point, I seem to have understood that there are two ways to do > this: > > - use a reduced FreeBSD that's been built from the get-go to run off a > CF card (ie. it's small, and doesn't trash the card with too many > write accesses) > > - install FreeBSD on the server, and run a script like nanoBSD that > will build a compact image, ready to be dd'ed to the card. > > Am I correct? Are there tips and traps to know about before giving it > a go? > > Thank you. > > The NANOBSD how to in the handbook is all I used to get up and running. I'm using the transcend 512 MB flash and it's more than enough for me. To really use NANOBSD effectively, you do need a "buildserver" to create the images. Sean