From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 9 02:36:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C551065673 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 02:36:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vibarus@googlemail.com) Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com (qb-out-0506.google.com [72.14.204.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB5978FC1D for ; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 02:36:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vibarus@googlemail.com) Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id a10so1214824qbd.7 for ; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:36:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=rpHAQ5bCOqMnHVTG0Knpklbtq5OHTFvahyAeP2Kj1Lg=; b=AND0RVjFs7iXKCv33JZpYvgDnythgriFtu4lkN90JnmdPshwefEmqorfR3ixcoGJaSIt+3V6a0U0FJAarB1JkVlTDDnk89SyjL6rYDOWBSvIuqnDrctEXQbGd2gJ/SxnGKEwyjCvTcgS7HekDPj6KcrMuhnhovM4aOImaMHpAZM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=o9o/fPxeJBLGZ6xZpm8aWgPlNukQbWGbkA9745jnlzLukvGYw7RPiCxnQbMJ19z/QpMcLtjQRD0prfEG44YPIT+7Jbr/wAZEoTdhsKedvX4GutBlIeJwHezBcOKri7zVYBrp8ORJfihGJa6BK5g4Tt5K7Abb5yMwHa7mzIv9gyo= Received: by 10.142.232.20 with SMTP id e20mr1326118wfh.160.1205029246115; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:20:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.246.20 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 18:20:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 03:20:46 +0100 From: "Vincent Barus" To: Gilles In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a CompactFlash X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:36:52 -0000 On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 1:52 AM, Gilles wrote: > Hello > > After giving CF-based distros a try to run an Asterisk PBX, the > conclusion is that they're nice... as long as the apps they offer are > fine with you... which they aren't, so, if possible, I'd like to use a > regular FreeBSD distro, so I can install whatever application I need. > > At this point, I seem to have understood that there are two ways to do > this: > > - use a reduced FreeBSD that's been built from the get-go to run off a > CF card (ie. it's small, and doesn't trash the card with too many > write accesses) > > - install FreeBSD on the server, and run a script like nanoBSD that > will build a compact image, ready to be dd'ed to the card. > > Am I correct? Are there tips and traps to know about before giving it > a go? > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Gilles, that's right. [1] is a How To for creating a FreeBSD to work on solid state devices. [2] and [3] are Tiny- and NanoBSD which provide tools and scripts to create a FreeBSD for e.g. embedded Systems on CF. [4] is a nice Wiki for TinyBSD. HTH, ~ vb