Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:10:38 -0700 (PDT) From: p d <pddeals@yahoo.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: decompressing executable before using Message-ID: <20020618211038.84849.qmail@web14707.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020618202458.GB84123@dan.emsphone.com>
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Hi! I did look at picoBSD ... but the problem is I have to use the freebsd that comes with a software I am planning to run .. its a caching software ... so at the most I can recompile the kernel ... or strip down the system ... I did get it down to 170M ... but I have to fit it on a 128M flash ... so I was thinking if the libraries and the executables get compressed ... it might do the job ... thanks -pranav --- Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > In the last episode (Jun 18), p d said: > > Hi! > > thanks Kris ... that should work ... is it > possible to do > > something for the libraries ... I am trying to fit > the system on a > > flash ... so I am trying to reduce it as much as > possible ... > > You might want to take a look at PicoBSD ( > /usr/src/release/picobsd , > old docs at > http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html, and > the > freebsd-small mailinglist ). It's designed to squish > as much stuff onto > a floppy image as possible. > > PicoBSD saves a lot of space by using no shared libs > at all. > Statically link all your apps into one huge > monolithic binary, with a > dummy main() that runs the right program based on > argv[0]. man > crunchgen and crunchide for more info. > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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