From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 16 06:02:37 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 BB64D1065673 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:02:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stopeme@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f208.google.com (mail-bw0-f208.google.com [209.85.218.208]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5058FC24 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:02:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stopeme@gmail.com) Received: by bwz4 with SMTP id 4so1215454bwz.43 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:02:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=NMjkht/zgBXTX7245PD1kwEjtqoX2uMEMjP9c7TBarE=; b=DKoKR14DLcVrIKBVxyZeZtJZCtCjAwkkJ1yitduIrmEsGiMoocj7oMGlHZzEh/y3sw zAHJW+hFoBlG5rArInpvoiiHEmTnP0J8yfUaeByLMnsuvL9WXGT4NsMEnV7PPVisWtCU BjRe/h8CBjNfoevaM0VmNoCZAQBq2NrB4g4VU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DvWxvqvhdRXbYIjOTdu9hUyCNXCngZsA/IjFoRtCDirl6bVJ/3pbhG/zO27X+XxGdv JQ2sCXG1O6eWUkhVyRaNC2oXz4nFRXHfmUdPyNYRarmVVw4iBhyB8Zip1J7d4h25F78m XfO7Yg9gupsOCIvJPpjoelUlej66Yr6CZixlU= Received: by 10.204.52.197 with SMTP id j5mr8431825bkg.157.1247724153082; Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:02:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from midnight.lubimetz.net ([87.120.162.65]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 2sm14298920fks.33.2009.07.15.23.02.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:02:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A5EED35.6040704@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:04:53 +0000 From: stopeme User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090710) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Hamann , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: network appliance question[re post] 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 06:02:38 -0000 Jeff Hamann 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > another options is nanoBSD http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/ and iirc there is frenzy livecd building scripts in ports