Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:59:06 -0700
From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To: Matteo Riondato <matteo@freebsd.org>
Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, small@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: {pico, tiny, nano}BSD, FreesBIE
Message-ID: <452E826A.4050901@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061012144033.GA177@kaiser.sig11.org>
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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 :-)
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