Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:19:49 +1000 From: "Murray Taylor" <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au> To: "Chris T." <cdtelting-ml@comcast.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: How big a flashrom for a minimal freebsd install? Message-ID: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F11EEB85@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal>
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Try these methods of 'minimising' FreeBSD FWIW - I run 4.11 in 20M of a 32M Compact Flash card with the build described here https://neon1.net/misc/minibsd.html The box acts as a network health monitor with SNMP and fping utilities running, has a DHCP server running, a GSM modem daemon and has about 100+ of the 'common' base install utilities an board. Like tcpdump, vi, grep, comm, awk, the shells csh and sh .... I have partitioned the CF card to have a 2M configuration partition that is made writeable by rc.shutdown to save a list of my .conf files and .sh files. And I believe that you can run PERL in the 32M space if you want to=20 add it to the build list... If you need 5.x or 6.x try these http://www.ultradesic.com/index.php?section=3D86 for 5.x http://www.ultradesic.com/index.php?section=3D125 for 6.x =20 HTH > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chris T. > Sent: Saturday, 29 July 2006 4:07 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: How big a flashrom for a minimal freebsd install? >=20 > I"m toying with the idea of setting up a mini-itx server so I=20 > can move the dns and firewall daemons off of the fileserver=20 > so I can turn it off. I'm thinking I want to get a flashrom=20 > ide adaptor so that I can swap setups on the thing by=20 > swapping cards. I don't see myself using 4GB flash cards for=20 > this. I'd rather get smaller cheaper cards. How big is a=20 > minimal freebsd install? >=20 > Chris >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=20 > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 > ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.*** >=20 --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material.=20 E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.***
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