Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:47:23 -0600 From: Paul Procacci <pprocacci@datapipe.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NanoBSD :: smallest image size Message-ID: <499D7F0B.7000307@datapipe.com> In-Reply-To: <20090219161505.X46627@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <499D67B6.60309@datapipe.com> <20090219161505.X46627@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> I have an old machine I just acquired that I was thinking of replacing my >> current FreeBSD firewall/router with. It's a Celeron 500+ Mhz machine with >> > > quite powerfull machine, it will run smoothly full FreeBSD installed on > hard drive. i think it's much better solution. > Yeah, I realize it's more powerful than necessary to handle the task...though my current firewall/router is a 860+ Mhz PIII w/ 128 Megs of ram. So, this would be a downgrade for my current firewall/router which allows me to repurpose the existing machine for something more computationally expensive. Still though, I like information requested on nanoBSD (can it fit on a floppy), and how if booting off a usb stick is doable. I imagine this has to do with later bios's...or not? Thanks!
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