Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:14:50 -0600 From: Paul Procacci <pprocacci@datapipe.com> To: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NanoBSD :: smallest image size Message-ID: <499D857A.4090205@datapipe.com> In-Reply-To: <5635aa0d0902190800s7c3b5ec2qfa894618aa4cc554@mail.gmail.com> References: <499D67B6.60309@datapipe.com> <20090219161505.X46627@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <499D7F0B.7000307@datapipe.com> <20090219164957.G46777@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <5635aa0d0902190800s7c3b5ec2qfa894618aa4cc554@mail.gmail.com>
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Outback Dingo wrote: > even so, im not so sure alot of people with to run a full install on a > firewall, for various reasons. If I was doing it, Id go with a CF card, or > USB, though age of system might make that unreliable. even pfsense can run > straight off cdrom, makes a decent option also. > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Wojciech Puchar < > wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > > >> 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. >>> >>> >> so - downgrade. FreeBSD easily runs (full, not stripped) on 32MB RAM >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I did consider running it off a straight cd, but I alter my routes enough through various tunnels I have established that this would be a pain. (i.e. updating vtund configs) The disk-on-module is spot on and that's what I'll probably use: $14 bucks for 128 Megs w/ NanoBSD I believe is goingn to suffice nicely. Thanks Guys! ~Paul
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