Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:16:49 +0800 From: "Eric L. Chen" <lihong@ieee.org> To: Matthew Smith <matt@smiffytech.com> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some small networked box with FreeBSD support? Message-ID: <1252887409.1860.2.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4AAC9BA7.9000307@smiffytech.com> References: <1194242475.20090912204353@serebryakov.spb.ru> <78ACB4D316DCF346930D02BC4B2A4FE905DCD945@mail.syx.local> <4AAC6ED0.5030702@smiffytech.com> <20090912.232959.723161857.imp@bsdimp.com> <4AAC84E8.2090102@smiffytech.com> <4AAC9BA7.9000307@smiffytech.com>
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--=-Qmwz92PFw9kkAFBoozgp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 16:43 +0930, Matthew Smith wrote: > Quoth Matthew Smith at 2009-09-13 15:06... > >> FreeBSD installs into about 400MB w/o any tweaks at all. so 4gb > >> should be child's play. > > > > I must have been doing something wrong because the couple of times I > > tried, it ran out of space. Perhaps I need to do a minimal install and > > then add any packages I need by hand. > > Just out of curiosity, I tried the same installation (FreeBSD 6.3, i386 > - kernel developer config) on a VMware virtual machine to which I had > allocated 16Gb of disc. No problems. > > The clean installation takes up about 650Mb. Why the installation is > failing on the 4Gb drive I cannot fathom. Obviously the installer is > doing *something* funny. > > Whilst the Alix devices still look attractive, I've just ordered some > RAM via eBay to take both the SBCs up to 128Mb (currently only have 16Mb > each.) Will see if I can't get something working. (Odds are the > wretched things won't boot off the CF disc like the old ThinkPad I tried > it in.) > > Cheers > > M > I made a FreeBSD AP for my IXP425 board (XScale, ARM CPU), it has 64MB RAM and 32 MB ROM (XOR Flash ROM). My making script attached. -- Eric L. Chen EMAIL: lihongļ¼ ieee.org -:|:- d9364104ļ¼ mail.nchu.edu.tw --=-Qmwz92PFw9kkAFBoozgp--
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