Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 08:27:46 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> To: Eric Hake <eric@clean.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Minimalist FreeBSD box Message-ID: <XFMail.981106082746.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981105232643.009c3460@clean.net>
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Have you looked at picoBSD? (http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/) It seems to do what you want to do, but it'll run off a single floppy, making it even more minimal that what you asked for. Patrick On 06-Nov-98 Eric Hake wrote: > Greetings! > > I would like to get some advise on setting up a freebsd box with the > following config: > > - Boots from CD-ROM > - Get's it's config files '/etc' from an IDE NVRAM drive or Flash drive > > I will acquire a CD-R shortly (I'm open to suggestions on which CD-R to buy > too :) > > I would like to get help in what I need to do to make a CD-ROM bootable > like the Live Filesystem, but with only the bare minimums: > > pppd > natd > fwtk > > etc... It'll be a headless box used to support a dial-out ppp session, > with NAT on it to work as a front end for a low-speed link to the Internet. > No frills, and for a max. of 3-4 client machines with very low traffic... > > Thanks! > Eric > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --- Patrick S. Gardella Director of Web Development The Creative Group 1-800-804-0783 ext 29 606-858-8029 (fax) http://www.cre8tivegroup.com PGP Key ID 0xEE2D47A9 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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