From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 16 05:05:02 2009 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 5C950106564A for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:05:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f217.google.com (mail-gx0-f217.google.com [209.85.217.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E2E8FC0C for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:05:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by gxk17 with SMTP id 17so6117889gxk.19 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:05:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KK+uET43qd6EOLa8of2UL0+gwRlARV0djaEwqDayYMQ=; b=BzC4LRE/r8XQ3PmKOQFcBUoSR5Sfq5HReg9HQGwQLMKihec6xAZ3KpVBmUG+oo2OQj MnYlKPJeVTn7HVFBOKfBbOu05Hgpk9iLj6oLn87flQh09pjtodUWUBfIPMCQY3+LayA3 8+anddHTTX0jj8oFOAfsADUXN0rdH9Sg37Z4I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=EuIu09FRLKl7lMziamwmEngQS0oZe74K4fXfnIv8rFrbUVhmfXxxlhmCjE/PSCtioS vhljWvLtC0Js1NHt9ve0W521LhceyeS+IWu7czeVuXJ7GOCBBQrpmXcHa7O85dmX9j++ nyodv3WOIjCCrFkuxbr+0P8LKU0Rrfj0N4Hic= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.150.2 with SMTP id x2mr13652788ybd.335.1247720701113; Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:05:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:05:01 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e0907152205j4e81b032k1896690e1516c167@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Jeff Hamann Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: network appliance question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:05:02 -0000 On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Jeff Hamann < jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com> wrote: > I would like to take a ton of apps I've compiled from source, plus gobs of > my own source, build a "distro" of that super solid freebsd I love, and > hermetically seal it up in a box that can be plugged into a network hub, so > that users don't have to use anything but a web browser, sftp, or ssh to > access the contents. My questions are as follows: > > 1) Is this possible? > > 2) If so, is there a network appliance "starter kit" I can play with first > to prove the concept, and > > 3) If so, where? I haven't been too successful searching for "network > appliance building for dummies" > > Thanks, > Jeff. > > Jeff Hamann, PhD > PO Box 1421 > Corvallis, Oregon 97339-1421 > 541-754-2457 > jeff.hamann[at]forestinformatics[dot]com > http://www.forestinformatics.com > > There may be a far better method, but perhaps using /usr/ports/sysutils/freesbie to build an ISO then using it to image a drive would work for you. Or there is this sort of approach too, obviously need to be adapted/slimmed to your embedded enviro as well. There is an old FreeBSD embedded cookbook to, I'd guess much of it still applies. http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/FreeBSD-release-2.html -- Adam Vande More