Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 09:55:44 -0400 From: "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com> To: richard.mayo@sri.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD from Scratch Message-ID: <54db43990608040655l21b2c59cl4f6b3236ecb9934a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAArJOJ9eNls0e23mUAaSIeRMKAAAAQAAAA5Un9ZPPwLUSVkqpZUsUdrwEAAAAA@sri.com> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAArJOJ9eNls0e23mUAaSIeRMKAAAAQAAAA5Un9ZPPwLUSVkqpZUsUdrwEAAAAA@sri.com>
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On 8/4/06, Rich Mayo <richard.mayo@sri.com> wrote: > Is anyone on the list familiar with the "Linux from Scratch" project? > More to the point, is anybody aware if there is anything like a "FreeBSD > from Scratch" project?? It depends on which aspect of "Linux from Scratch" is of interest to you. Building from source code is the standard way to update FreeBSD. By editing appropriate configuration files you can produce a fairly customized installation: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html describes the basics. You also have the option of doing a minimal install in the first place, and then adding additional pieces as you wish. Another approach to a customized FreeBSD is the nanobsd project, which has tools to let you build a stripped-down FreeBSD that is small enough to run from a floppy disk (although these days a usb flash drive is probably a more common target): http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/nanobsd.html There are preconfigured nanobsd builds to make firewalls, routers, and other common tools. - Bob
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