Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:11:49 -0400 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: Murray Taylor <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com> Cc: freebsdquestions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Embedded freebsd How to? Message-ID: <412C0375.8030205@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <1093389272.28319.19.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> References: <412A8EA0.3020401@trini0.org> <412AC230.4010203@trini0.org><412B4221.5000501@trini0.org> <1093389272.28319.19.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com>
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Murray Taylor wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 23:26, Gerard Samuel wrote: > >>Andrew L. Gould wrote: >> >>>On Monday 23 August 2004 11:21 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Andrew L. Gould wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Monday 23 August 2004 07:41 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Well I've been using FBSD since 3.4, and I would like to >>>>>>try my hand at trying to put together an embedded FBSD system. >>>>>>I browsed the -small mailing list, but there doesnt seem to be >>>>>>any relevant up to date data there (I may be mistaken). >>>>>>I did a bit of googling, but Im not finding what Im looking >>>>>>for. >>>>>>I kept running into "Embedded FreeBSD Cookbook". Anyone thoughts >>>>>>on this book. >>>>>>But other than that, are there any online how to tutorial, >>>>>>that would show an almost beginner on how to get started. >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks for any input you may provide... >>>>> >>>>>Go to http://soekris.com/ and click on Support. You'll find some >>>>>tutorials on installing FreeBSD on their embedded boards. One of >>>>>the tutorials is "miniBSD - reducing FreeBSD". >>>>> >>>>>Also, Michael Lucas has an article on installing OpenBSD on one of >>>>>their boards: >>>>>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html >>>>> >>>>>Best of luck, >>>> >>>>Seems my options are limited, but thanks for the links... >>> >>> >>>I don't think you're options are limited. These are just examples that >>>have come to the attention of someone who does NOT do embedded stuff. >>> >>> >> >>Understood. What I meant by "limited" was that it seems (with respect >>to hardware), it seems like the hardware side of things isn't as >>widespread as I thought it would have been (compared to *normal* >>hardware, aka AT/ATX etc). >>I was previously aware of soekris through mOrOwall (which gave me the >>idea of putting one together myself). >>But then again, I've only begun searching yesterday, so what do I know :) >> >>Thanks once again... > > miniBSD runs fine on the Advantech WEB-2143 (and probably also on the > later cousins). We run it in 14Mb of a 32Mb CF card as a bridging > firewall among other things. > > http://neon1.net/misc/minibsd.html > for the 'recipe' .. be very aware of the static / dynamic libraries > on the development box .. sigh > Thanks. I got the Advantech page bookmarked. After some searching around, I came across this -> http://www.via.com.tw/en/VInternet/mini_itx.jsp as a platform. So the research continues...
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