From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 12 18:00:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8063116A4CE; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:00:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=julian=4331aeda7@elischer.org) Received: from a50.ironport.com (a50.ironport.com [63.251.108.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0659843D5D; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:59:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from prvs=julian=4331aeda7@elischer.org) Received: from unknown (HELO [10.251.18.229]) ([10.251.18.229]) by a50.ironport.com with ESMTP; 12 Oct 2006 10:59:06 -0700 Message-ID: <452E826A.4050901@elischer.org> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:59:06 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Macintosh/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matteo Riondato References: <452D6C90.7020703@FreeBSD.org> <452D7EC6.5080302@elischer.org> <20061012140646.R10593@fledge.watson.org> <20061012144033.GA177@kaiser.sig11.org> In-Reply-To: <20061012144033.GA177@kaiser.sig11.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Robert Watson , small@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: {pico, tiny, nano}BSD, FreesBIE X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:00:28 -0000 Matteo Riondato wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 02:07:15PM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Julian Elischer wrote: >> >>> FreeSBIE is another option. it is designed to make not only a >>> basic image but to include all sorts of packages and possibly >>> configure them. Targetted at media the size of a CD. >>> it builds everything from scratch and can this be very tailored. >>> more flexible than tinyBSD, but more work too. >>> > > As one of the FreeSBIE developers, I would like to say a word: > I agree with the above description apart from the fact that our target > is CD/DVD: FreeSBIE can be stripped down to a 64MB or less image and > put on a flash card or USB pen. > > Another thing I'd like to add: after having release FreeSBIE 2.0 > (around the middle of November), I'd like to add nanoBSD an miniBSD > features to FreeSBIE and, if possible, import it in the base system > and make it the "official" tool to build live/small FreeBSD systems. > > Best regards > If we could make one that had the ease of use of the easiest, and the flexibility of the most flexible and the speed of the fastest (etc.) then I doubt anyone would complain :-)