From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 18:38:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C7C116A46C for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:38:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmelo@freebsdbrasil.com.br) Received: from capeta.freebsdbrasil.com.br (vrrp.freebsdbrasil.com.br [200.210.70.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4ADFC13C46C for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:38:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmelo@freebsdbrasil.com.br) Received: (qmail 84974 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2007 15:15:15 -0300 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 84958, pid: 84964, t: 0.6498s scanners: clamav: 0.90.2/m:43/d:3087 spam: 3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin: -last, FreeBSD Brasil LTDA rulesets: Yes X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=3.7 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.147?) (jmelo@201.80.198.78) by capeta.freebsdbrasil.com.br with SMTP; 26 Jul 2007 15:15:14 -0300 Message-ID: <46A8E37B.5060006@freebsdbrasil.com.br> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:10:03 -0300 From: Jean Milanez Melo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Macintosh/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "M. Warner Losh" References: <200707242352.43948.ogautherot@vtr.net> <200707250931.l6P9VgeB088253@fire.js.berklix.net> <20070725105930.GC1524@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20070726.113506.1689681908.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20070726.113506.1689681908.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jhs@berklix.org, freebsd-small@freebsd.org, simon@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's our standard "stripped-down FreeBSD" tool? X-BeenThere: freebsd-small@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:38:27 -0000 M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20070725105930.GC1524@zaphod.nitro.dk> > "Simon L. Nielsen" writes: > : On 2007.07.25 11:31:42 +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > : > : > "How long is a piece of string" ;-) ie likely depends what size > : > flash drive is ! My impression (non user) is Freesbie aims CD size, > : > whereas Nano or Tiny aim [a lot] smaller ? > : > > : > man nanobsd: > : > doesnt quote a typical size but does have SEE ALSO picobsd > : > man picobsd: > : > "which typically fits on a small media such as a floppy disk" > : > "The biggest problem is determining what will fit on the floppies" > : > > : > Suggestion: run them, generate images & use send-pr to report approx > : > default sizes to be included in manuals so we know for future. > : > : Default sizes for nanobsd in default config is 2 x normal FreeBSD size > : + ~5MB, but of course you need to set the size of your flash. You can > : get it on to a 128MB flash with a config file which excludes stuff > : like toolchain etc. without much trouble. The interesting size really > : is with a config file like this. > : > : 64MB requires more work, but is possible. > > I think I once generated a TinyBSD image on the order or 20M. > However, I lost the config files to do that in a disk crash... > With the TinyBSD minimal config, you can build an image with about 12M. - Jean