From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 21:43:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FF9616A417 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:43:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Received: from catflap.slightlystrange.org (cpc5-cmbg1-0-0-cust497.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [86.6.1.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1204F13C467 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:43:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Received: by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix, from userid 106) id E8DAC617A; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 22:43:07 +0100 (BST) Received: from brick.slightlystrange.org (brick.slightlystrange.org [10.1.3.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 981E1613F for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 22:43:07 +0100 (BST) Received: (from danielby@localhost) by brick.slightlystrange.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l92Lh6dP001855 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 22:43:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 22:43:06 +0100 From: Daniel Bye To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071002214306.GA928@slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <2b7af7c40710021359j4b49499fi6675b8d122d800d5@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2b7af7c40710021359j4b49499fi6675b8d122d800d5@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-PGP-Fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A Subject: Re: doing a minimal FreeBSD install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Bye List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:43:09 -0000 --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 02, 2007 at 01:59:55PM -0700, Rogelio Bastardo wrote: > I'm looking to install only the bare essentials to FreeBSD and then > install each program piece-by-piece afterwards. >=20 > To do this, do I just need the first FreeBSD 6 ISO? Or can I get away > with just the boot CD ISO and then install each port one-by-one? >=20 > (Basically, I just wanna build a Nagios server, and that requires > very, very little) A bit more work perhaps than you're willing or able to commit, but you might be interested in MiniBSD - a set of scripts that enable you to=20 pare down a base FreeBSD system to something very small indeed. http://www.minibsd.org It needs some practice to get it right, but the results are quite useful when you get it right! Dan --=20 Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHArtqixf5fBYiFmoRAnKGAJ9megQ+JqUPPkvCvIIF6rT2lTxCTACfbqxV 6pvq5AJOWdp/qGLRIqmvSYE= =rzhF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7--