From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 13:46:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E370616A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:46:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-out6.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out6.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5048D43D49 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:46:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jfm@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from lexx ([82.37.145.193]) by smtp-out6.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:46:47 +0100 From: John Murphy To: newbies@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:46:45 +0100 Message-ID: References: <3a8q70tlt97mcr8llt61ff158gtudful25@4ax.com> <20040414155534.GJTI1202.mta04-svc.ntlworld.com@deskgx> <407D88BA.80200@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <407D88BA.80200@nbritton.org> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Apr 2004 20:46:47.0994 (UTC) FILETIME=[9AF201A0:01C42261] Subject: Re: Going small X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:46:48 -0000 Nikolas Britton wrote: >m0n0wall will run from a HD aswell as a CD-ROM/Floppy Sure, but I'll be happier with the (becoming more) familiar full =46reeBSD and may even try current :| The php/XML speak was foreign to me too. >>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=20 >read off the flashcard once at boot up...... Good point. I'll definitely try it (or pico) when I get a flashcard. >another way is mount the filesystem etc. on it and point /tmp, /var and=20 >swap onto a ram drive (corse why point swap to a ram drive LOL) I may even try swap on a ram drive just to see what happens :) It's only got 128MB though so I hope to keep as much of it available as possible for the applications. Though I guess /tmp and /var shouldn't grow much with no X running. Definitely a custom Kernel. Speaking of which; I ventured into OpenBSD land recently and was surprised by the size of the kernel compared to Free's GENERIC. But that's another story... >basicly, minimize the need for the system to read/write (mainly write)=20 >to the flash card and you'll be fine. >google around for embedded, bsd, mini, etc. Will do, thanks. --=20 John.