Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 20:04:29 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: "Edward W. Akeyson" <eakeyson@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Iopener & PicoBSD ramblings Message-ID: <200004230204.UAA28097@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Apr 2000 17:33:44 EDT." <NDBBIDOKILFAGOJNPOELKEENCDAA.eakeyson@earthlink.net> References: <NDBBIDOKILFAGOJNPOELKEENCDAA.eakeyson@earthlink.net>
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In message <NDBBIDOKILFAGOJNPOELKEENCDAA.eakeyson@earthlink.net> "Edward W. Akeyson" writes: : tight)- should I move in the direction of hand assembling my own image file : without MFS, etc. as done in PicoBSD? If so, what should I be certain to : include besides kernel, boot loaders, /etc and any /bin or /sbin files I : need. Also, how can I test this image file before putting it on the iopener? : I would prefer not to open the thing, unless I absolutely have to, and I : want to make sure that the image will boot. I can upgrade from there. I've squeezed a useful embedded system into 12MB or so. : 4. I have read all the mailing lists and other documentation that I can : find, including the "HOWTO: flash disk image" or something like it from last : summer in freebsd-small, but it based on an earlier version of PicoBSD and : there seem to be some major differences to the current version (scripts vs. : makefile, etc.). Anyone else currently working on an image for the iopener? : I would like this to be a stepping-off point for me as I have several other : potential projects like this if this works out. I would be happy to share : notes with anyone else working on this or similar projects. You might want to look at http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/diskprep to see how I make the initial filesystem on my CF devices. BTW, do you have a new iopener, or an old, hackable one? Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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