Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:53:46 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Going small Message-ID: <407D88BA.80200@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <pfvq701tp6kq30n6q5bad331ig821evjjr@4ax.com> References: <3a8q70tlt97mcr8llt61ff158gtudful25@4ax.com> <20040414155534.GJTI1202.mta04-svc.ntlworld.com@deskgx> <pfvq701tp6kq30n6q5bad331ig821evjjr@4ax.com>
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John Murphy wrote: >"Andrew White" <andywhite@ntlworld.ie> wrote: > > > >>You might want to try m0n0wall >>http://www.m0n0.com/ >> >> > >I may do if I get a flashcard but it'll have to be an HD for now and >I would like a full userland. Looks a great project though. > m0n0wall will run from a HD aswell as a CD-ROM/Floppy > > > >>You could forget having a hardrive at all and use a flashcard instead, >>leaving you with no mechanical parts to fail... >> >> > >True but I've read that flashcards tend to fail after a lot of writes >and I need storage space anyway... > Thats true but if you load the system onto a ram disk you only have to read off the flashcard once at boot up...... another way is mount the filesystem etc. on it and point /tmp, /var and swap onto a ram drive (corse why point swap to a ram drive LOL) basicly, minimize the need for the system to read/write (mainly write) to the flash card and you'll be fine. google around for embedded, bsd, mini, etc.
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