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Date:      Sat, 9 Sep 2017 11:58:45 +0930
From:      Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz>
To:        sorressean <tyler@tysdomain.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: help with condensing bsd
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On 09/09/2017 01:58, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler@tysdomain.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> All:
>>
>> I wish to create a smaller BSD as I have a vps with a minimal amount of
>> space. I know that I can buildworld and cut a lot of things out (does
>> anyone have a good example from where to start)?
>>
>> My question is this: Once I buildworld and buildkernel, how do I package
>> these up? I have a few systems that need this new buildworld and
>> buildkernel, and i also want to replace the base iocage jail.
>>
> 
> You may wish to investigate tools like picobsd or nanobsd.  There are other
> ways to accomplish this of course, but those tools worked at least at one
> point.  I haven't tried them recently.
> 

Both nanobsd and picobsd are custom freebsd builds and are included with
the freebsd src tree, each has a man page for more info.

While nanobsd is aimed at small embedded systems, picobsd has a smaller
target of a single floppy disk.

NanoBSD also has an article with some more info -
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/nanobsd/index.html

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Shane Ambler




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