From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 16 06:48:32 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 1888A106566C for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:48:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A2E8FC0A for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:48:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by yxe11 with SMTP id 11so7402711yxe.3 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:48:31 -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=Y1dkHgy7LqdPSxaD9QreEPGnFEGGZOH07LzYIHqNfAc=; b=AIwdhpWiT+k4xtojOykYgR6+WwSHe+RMo2xAiK20LxadOfrouLLpiHqeynM1Gy6pXy 22AcaGNkCERdd4Zzil26EC8hZKx72x+/RLGKBWFbPz8ATWwu+aftnwlcpHOWzuWJB++G PmZ3y0awennIUHp5ztTjANzkatRCIXI9RoObE= 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=lLhvO8S3W9nBB/T1UMQJ79sSKtKVcNTpowfM8bRIhBY6vbeDGB2tuQ81rFYJjwthno fKck64ymM8Ht64dei+rS/0RFUEkohY09kmQzCZdf0Q7RqyXwx0aNl8qksCWbe/bUYeP5 KmRStNCcscqA1C/KuroirmOrQlsgTMDHP2CMM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.78.14 with SMTP id f14mr13290487ybl.342.1247726911078; Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:48:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6201873e0907152205j4e81b032k1896690e1516c167@mail.gmail.com> References: <6201873e0907152205j4e81b032k1896690e1516c167@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:48:31 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e0907152348x869ea63gf9c03d2acdc3d98d@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 06:48:32 -0000 On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > 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 > Looking into this a little more and this page may also interest you. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/releng/release-build.html /usr/src/release/ contains some interesting items. -- Adam Vande More