From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 2 21:05:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C8D216A4CE for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D63C343D58 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:05:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rodrigc@crodrigues.org) Received: from dibbler.crodrigues.org (h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com[66.30.114.143]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20040603040518011003i2vne>; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 04:05:19 +0000 Received: from dibbler.crodrigues.org (localhost.crodrigues.org [127.0.0.1]) i5345PMX061970; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 00:05:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rodrigc@h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com) Received: (from rodrigc@localhost) by dibbler.crodrigues.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i5345M3g061969; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 00:05:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rodrigc) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 00:05:21 -0400 From: Craig Rodrigues To: darren@chatcanada.net Message-ID: <20040603040521.GA61941@crodrigues.org> References: <49837.192.168.0.2.1086235016.squirrel@mail.chatcanada.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49837.192.168.0.2.1086235016.squirrel@mail.chatcanada.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: creating a freebsd boot floppy with kernel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 04:05:20 -0000 On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 09:56:56PM -0600, darren@chatcanada.net wrote: > If I want to create a small bsd, rather a boot floppy with very limited > software as I won't be needing much...(one program and harddrive access) > how should I go about it.. I tried compiling a custom kernel and the > smalest I seem to have been able to make is 2mb. I want to try the > floppies but I could possibly move to cd's. I have a lot of experience making custom FreeBSD distributions. It's not hard once you get the hang of it. If you can use a CD, go for it....CD's are cheap, and can hold hundreds of megabytes of data, so are much easier to work with than floppies. Take a look at the LiveCD project: http://livecd.sourceforge.net which has a Bourne shell script which does a lot of the dirty work for you. Another good project to look at is: FreeSBIE http://www.freesbie.org. They have a nice distribution which boots off of CD, and even has X11 and networking enabled. -- Craig Rodrigues http://crodrigues.org rodrigc@crodrigues.org