From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 11 5: 9:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rambo.simx.org (rambo.simx.org [194.17.208.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE1037B416 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 05:09:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from rambo.simx.org (johndoe@rocky [192.168.0.2]) by rambo.simx.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBBD7qC80745; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:07:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from listsub@rambo.simx.org) Message-ID: <3C1605E3.7090805@rambo.simx.org> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:10:59 +0100 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" Reply-To: listsub@rambo.simx.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011019 Netscape6/6.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rohit Panda Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recompiling to create a minimal kernel References: <20011211105300.43686.qmail@web12803.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Have you checked /usr/src/release/picobsd? The tools you will find there allows you to customize a picobsd distribution to fit your needs. You can customize the kernel and specify exactly what utilities and programs you want on your floppy. I've used it myself to create very specialised floppys, capable of doing simple tasks as "plug 'n play" routers, emergency recovery or firewalling. -- R Rohit Panda wrote: > hi , > thanks for the prompt responses.but guys i know about > PicoBSD.but its not what i want right now.i want to > compile my kernel myself to get to that value.by that > way i can keep my required configurations.but is it > not possible to configure urself and get a small > kernel.if anybody has tried it or anybody has > knowledge please share it with me. > > any help will be highly apreciated. > thank u all. > > rohit > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message