From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 13 05:36:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB8CE106566B for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:36:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@smiffytech.com) Received: from prospero.kbc.net.au (prospero.kbc.net.au [150.101.97.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 785C58FC0C for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:36:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.10.10.212] (brutus_ii [10.10.10.212]) by prospero.kbc.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41EAD9D5E1 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:06:40 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <4AAC84E8.2090102@smiffytech.com> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:06:40 +0930 From: Matthew Smith User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org References: <1194242475.20090912204353@serebryakov.spb.ru> <78ACB4D316DCF346930D02BC4B2A4FE905DCD945@mail.syx.local> <4AAC6ED0.5030702@smiffytech.com> <20090912.232959.723161857.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20090912.232959.723161857.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Some small networked box with FreeBSD support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:36:41 -0000 Quoth M. Warner Losh at 2009-09-13 14:59... > : Don't suppose anyone has a suitable disc image that will fit on a 4Gb CF > : card? (Part of the reason I haven't got very far with this is the fact > : that getting FreeBSD to install in 4Gb seems more fiddly than I have the > : time for.) > > FreeBSD installs into about 400MB w/o any tweaks at all. so 4gb > should be child's play. I must have been doing something wrong because the couple of times I tried, it ran out of space. Perhaps I need to do a minimal install and then add any packages I need by hand. Thanks for that. Cheers M -- Matthew Smith Smiffytech - Technology Consulting & Web Application Development Business: http://www.smiffytech.com/ Blog/personal: http://www.smiffysplace.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/smiffy Skype: msmiffy Twitter: @smiffy