Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:00:52 +0100 From: Matias Surdi <matiassurdi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NanoBSD :: smallest image size Message-ID: <gnk384$o3g$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <499D67B6.60309@datapipe.com> References: <499D67B6.60309@datapipe.com>
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Anybody knows if NanoBSD can be installed on a hard disk and use it to store data, logs, etc? for example, for a tiny mail server? Paul Procacci wrote: > Hello list, > > 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 32 Megs of ram, and a 10G hard drive. I am(was) initially > thinking about taking out the 10G, and using the flobby disk drive to > boot off of. I was familiar with PicoBSD years ago and know I could use > that, but it seems that project has been discontinued. After looking > through archives to determine what to do, I can across nanoBSD as that > seems to be included in the FreeBSD system by default, henceforth this > question. I couldn't find any information regarding the smallest image > size possible using NanoBSD. So the question is: can nanoBSD fw/ the > proper configurations fit onto a floppy disk...and if not, is such an > old computer bootable off of a usb stick? How can I tell without buying > one? > > Thanks, > ~Paul > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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