Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 00:32:28 +1100 (EST) From: Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: PicoBSD as a router - with extensions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009190016060.40476-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au>
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Hi all, I have a custom setup of FreeBSD 2.2.8-R which boots off a floppy and runs as a border router on a P133 with 32Mb RAM. The floppy contains the kernel which includes an 8Mb MFS partition, and enough basic functionality to be able to fetch a file from a web server, and untar it to fill the file system with the rest of the "useful utilities" - about 5Mb when fully populated. As you can see the philosophy is a little different to PicoBSD, which is designed to cram *everything* onto a single floppy. I got my version working through trial and error, and there is *just* enough space to fit in that basic functionality - no fancy tricks like crunch, just a kzipped kernel which includes a few necessary config files and utilities. I want to do a 3.x or perhaps even 4.x version, but I doubt I'll be able to build it the same way I did with the 2.2.8-R version due to kernel bloat in 3.x and higher. Has anyone ported PicoBSD to the later 3.x releases? The web site at http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ seems fairly dated. Is anyone able to do a version with the following: * 3.x kernel (perhaps 3.4) with relevant drivers and MFS file system * ifconfig(8) - to config the ethernet interface * fetch(1) - to get the tar'd file system via HTTP * tar(1) - to untar the file I think that should be sufficient for a basic boot - if you can do this then please contact me and I'll give you more details. :) I will also have a go at documenting this version, and making it more generic and configurable too, since a few people have expressed interest in my existing setup... Cheers. -- Rowan Crowe http://www.rowan.sensation.net.au/ Sensation Internet Services http://info.sensation.net.au/ Melbourne, Australia Phone: +61-3-9388-9260 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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