From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 3:52: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4910437B401 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 03:52:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74DED43EA9 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 03:52:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18Ip7I-000CSz-00 for FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 11:52:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 45FE6D3D for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:51:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 2E374C7E for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:51:48 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 2104E225CC; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:51:49 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:51:49 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Always mystified by this. /stand file sizes Message-ID: <20021202115149.GA1211@raggedclown.net> References: <20021202102559.GA778@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20021202063814.GA580@raggedclown.net> <20021202102559.GA778@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <5.1.1.6.0.20021202113033.021e5ac0@aph2k> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.0.20021202113033.021e5ac0@aph2k> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 11:34:50AM +0000, Rob O'Donnell wrote: > At 12:21 02/12/2002 +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > >On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:25:59AM -0800, David Schultz wrote: > >> > >> See crunchgen(1). > > > >Oh, that looks interesting :) > >I never knew of such a thing, is it a well kept secret or am I not > >widely read-enough ? > >In point of fact I am slightly puzzled by /stand's existance. It says in > >"hier" that it is for stand-alone systems. What exactly is it referring > >to ? (Yes I know what stand-alone means ! But what context is this used > >in ?) > > PicoBSD (see the scripts in ports and the freebsd-small mailing list) uses > it extensively to fit a subset of commands onto small media (typically a > single floppy disc) for use in niche aplications (eg a diskless pc as a > router). > Ok, mmm, will file that away for future reference. That's my first bit of new knowledge for the week, and it's only Monday :) -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message