From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 17 22:29: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fedde.littleton.co.us (cfedde.dsl.frii.net [216.17.139.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E78037B41E for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:29:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from fedde.littleton.co.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fedde.littleton.co.us (8.11.6/8.11.4) with ESMTP id fBI6T1N73149; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:29:02 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200112180629.fBI6T1N73149@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: Tyler Spivey Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: picobsd-like operating system - possible? In-Reply-To: <20011217224344.GHFV11472.femail13.sdc1.sfba.home.com@tspivey8> From: Chris Fedde Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:29:01 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 14:43:49 -0800 Tyler Spivey wrote: +------------------ | is it possible to make a boot disk just by copying the | needed files like you can on linux? +------------------ Yes. But keep in mind that the 4.4-stable GENERIC kernel is about 2meg uncompressed. Looking at how pico generates a tiny compressed kernel and how tinyware and crunch conspire to fit most of what you want onto a single 1.4Meg floppy can be enlightening even for hardened Linix fans. -- Chris Fedde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message