Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:39:59 -0500 From: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> To: Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> Cc: Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rescue cd with networkign and ssh! Message-ID: <AANLkTinSn2zoq4rx431JnbF%2BZsyCfUB%2BbG3e46jupWHY@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1295551484.19170.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <4D383E51.9060800@ifdnrg.com> <1295551484.19170.14.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> wrote: > How about DruidBSD? http://druidbsd.sf.net/ > > Bullet Points: > - ISO is 24MB > - Contains over 150 standard (and some non-standard) BSD utilities > - Runs entirely from memory > - Is based on FreeBSD-8.1 > - Includes the tmpfs kernel module (should you need to allocate more > disk space from RAM) > - Works from optical media (CD/DVD) and USB flash drives > - Utilizes crunchgen to maintain tiny footprint > - Designed to be a fully-operational FreeBSD distribution for embedded > devices but doubles as an amazing rescue-disc > - Graphical boot-loader > > Full Disclosure: I'm the author. > > Quick-steps: > > 1. Download either DruidBSD-X.Y.iso (24MB) or Druid-X.Y.iso (same as > former, but adds valuable diagnostic utilities such as windiag, memtest, > seatools, dban, and killdisk; 32MB). > > 2. Burn to optical media _or_ use dd(1) to write directly to thumb drive > _or_ load it directly into a VMware virtual machine's virtual-CDROM. > > 3. Boot. That's it. > > > > NOTE: If http://druidbsd.sf.net/ doesn't load for you, try instead > http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/ (the former produces a 302-redirect to > the latter which may not be followed by all HTTP clients). > > -- > Cheers, > Devin Teske > This is awesome ... I've been looking for something like thisfor several months and could have even used it last months and early this month. I've also got a few friends who would find this immensely useful as well. C-
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