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Subject: Re: NanoBSD :: smallest image size
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Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> I have an old machine I just acquired that I was thinking of replacing my 
>> current FreeBSD firewall/router with.  It's a Celeron 500+ Mhz machine with
>>     
>
> quite powerfull machine, it will run smoothly full FreeBSD installed on 
> hard drive. i think it's much better solution.
>   

Yeah, I realize it's more powerful than necessary to handle the 
task...though my current firewall/router is a 860+ Mhz PIII w/ 128 Megs 
of ram.  So, this would be a downgrade for my current firewall/router 
which allows me to repurpose the existing machine for something more 
computationally expensive.

Still though, I like information requested on nanoBSD (can it fit on a 
floppy), and how if booting off a usb stick is doable.  I imagine this 
has to do with later bios's...or not?

Thanks!