Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:57:54 -0400 From: Omachonu Ogali <missnglnk@informationwave.net> To: "Ryan Masse" <mail@max-info.net> Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: State of PicoBSD Message-ID: <20010615115754.A3722@subtopia.informationwave.net> In-Reply-To: <01fb01c0f5aa$e8999a80$3200000a@Intranet>; from mail@max-info.net on Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:53:16AM -0400 References: <200106151314.f5FDEPo08741@mail.ipsnetwork.net> <20010615101216.A2201@subtopia.informationwave.net> <000401c0f5a6$d760b770$6700000a@78lb019> <20010615102650.A2333@subtopia.informationwave.net> <01fb01c0f5aa$e8999a80$3200000a@Intranet>
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:53:16AM -0400, Ryan Masse wrote: > * sorry forgot to cc the list :) > > The build script from the 4.3-RELEASE picobsd source is > /usr/src/release/picobsd/build/picobsd. IMHO the picobsd source from > 4.3-RELEASE is unreliable. I just spent the last 2 weeks pulling my hair out > trying to build a custom net image for a wireless picobsd setup. I finally > rm -rf /usr/src/release and cvsup'd the sources from 4.2-RELEASE in which > worked beautifully the first time around. Ah hah, there's our problem...out of date documentation. how2build.html and intrinsics.html still reference the 'build' script... Take a look at: http://www.informationwave.net/~missng/picobsd/freebsd-release-20010615.patch > Ryan > > > > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:24:09AM -0400, Nathan Vidican wrote: > > > I know of people running PicoBSD built from FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE sources, > as > > > well as 4.3-RELEASE, so it shouldn't be broken? You'll need the FreeBSD > > > source-code on a machine mounted to /usr/src, in order to build picobsd. > > > > This is what concerns me: > > $ ls -la /usr/src/release/picobsd/build/build > > ls: /usr/src/release/picobsd/build/build: No such file or directory > > > > And after taking a look at the CVS tree, it seems the build script was > > checked into the attic, is there now a new way of building PicoBSD? > > > > > Nathan Vidican > > > Nathan@Vidican.com > > > http://Nathan.Vidican.com/ > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Omachonu Ogali" <missnglnk@informationwave.net> > > > To: <nathan@vidican.com> > > > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 10:12 AM > > > Subject: Re: State of PicoBSD > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 09:14:25AM -0400, Nathan Vidican wrote: > > > > > > Out of curiousity, what's the current state of PicoBSD? > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Omachonu Ogali > > > > > > missnglnk@informationwave.net > > > > > > http://www.informationwave.net > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The 'status' could be summed up as fairly complete I'd say. For the > most > > > > > part, PicoBSD users are using it for some custom purpose. You can > build > > > > > your own copy of PicoBSD using just about any post 3.0 release of > > > > > FreeBSD with the sources currently commited to the tree. I've been > told > > > > > it can be done with 2.X branches as well, but have never tried to > > > > > personally. > > > > > In summation, I'd have to say that it's complete; as complete as > it > > > > > will be for now. Like the standard release of FreeBSD, improvements, > and > > > > > additions will most likely continue onward in the future... but > PicoBSD > > > > > is definetly alive and doing well as-is. > > > > > > > > Well, I wanted to know if it was broken or working in -STABLE, > > > > because it looks like it's broken to me in -CURRENT. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Nathan Vidican > > > > > Nathan@Vidican.com > > > > > http://Nathan.Vidic > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Omachonu Ogali > > > > missnglnk@informationwave.net > > > > http://www.informationwave.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Omachonu Ogali > > missnglnk@informationwave.net > > http://www.informationwave.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > > > > -- Omachonu Ogali missnglnk@informationwave.net http://www.informationwave.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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