From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 27 11:58:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25153 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:58:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from netcom16.netcom.com (das@netcom16.netcom.com [192.100.81.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA25132 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:57:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from das@netcom.com) Received: (from das@localhost) by netcom16.netcom.com (8.8.5-r-beta/8.8.5/(NETCOM v1.02)) id LAA11931; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:56:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:56:38 -0800 (PST) From: Das Devaraj Reply-To: Das Devaraj Subject: Re: bootable kernels To: "Daniel C. Konnoff" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Daniel C. Konnoff wrote: > I'm looking for information about how to create a bootable > floppy with a custom kernel on it. Very similar in concept > to the freebsd boot floppy image on the cdrom but with > a stripped down kernel without a lot of drivers and config > editor. Have you taken a look at "picoBSD", a one floppy(!) FreeBSD which which apparently does not even need a hard disk for installation. ---------------- Andrzej Bialecki wrote about this in freebsd-isp list. Here are some snippets from his email ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/picoBSD/* [snip] What is PicoBSD? It's a one floppy version of FreeBSD configured mainly for networking applications. It can be used as a router or firewall, or kind of a fixit floppy (or all of them). [snip] I think most of you will enjoy the pbsd-s.tgz file bundled with the floppy. It contains all of the scripts (plus ash [a Shell]) needed to create your own version of PicoBSD. These are exactly the same scripts I used. End email snippets from Andrzej Bialecki ---------------------------- Sounds fascinating (at least to me). Have to download it soon and try it out for myself. das ------------------------------------------------------------------- Interested in Vegetarianism? Vegetarian Restaurant Trek Web http://www.VegInfo.com 712 Bancroft Road #320 e-mail info@VegInfo.com (subject Help) Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Interactive Voice/fax Response (510) 256-8420 USA