From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 22 11:02:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0562516A420 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:02:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9442F43D53 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:02:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j7MB2OZl036986 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:02:24 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j7MB2NeK036980 for freebsd-small@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:02:23 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:02:23 GMT Message-Id: <200508221102.j7MB2NeK036980@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: peter set sender to owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Current problem reports assigned to you 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: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:02:25 -0000 Current FreeBSD problem reports Critical problems Serious problems Non-critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2000/01/04] misc/15876 small PicoBSD message of the day problems o [2001/06/18] misc/28255 small picobsd documentation still references ol o [2002/09/13] kern/42728 small many problems in src/usr.sbin/ppp/* afte o [2003/05/14] misc/52255 small picobsd build script fails under FreeBSD o [2003/05/14] misc/52256 small picobsd build script does not read in use 5 problems total. From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 23 00:54:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F75A16A41F for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:54:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from snoel@gestosoft.com) Received: from tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts10.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCCD943D46 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:54:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from snoel@gestosoft.com) Received: from [10.0.5.102] ([69.159.95.169]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050823005429.JDMC26102.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@[10.0.5.102]> for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:54:29 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org From: Sandro Noel Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:54:28 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Subject: Building custom system help 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: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:54:31 -0000 Greetings This is my firs post to the mailing list, if i make a newbe mistake i'm sorry in advance :) I would like to build a very custom system from FreeBSD, i looked at the sample make.conf file and read the related handbooks, but still i need more info. first i would like to know where i can find information on building a system tree inside a BSD installation, also is it possible to customize the system tree without breaking everything, as an example, let's say i would prefer the /etc to be located into the /system/etc and system binaries to be placed into /system/sbin if it is possible to build a custom system tree how would i proceed to reflect these changes to the ports collection and finally i would like to build a VERRY slim system without the build/package tools, i would like to know how to select the very basic files needed for the system to boot into a shell to start with and then install only the binaries needed for my operations. as an example i would not need for multi user support, but i would need networking, as WIFI and/or Bluetooth. Thank you in advance for any help or pointers that you can provide :) Sandro Noel