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Date:      Wed, 3 Jul 2002 01:06:56 -0400
From:      W Gerald Hicks <gehicks@gehicks.dyndns.org>
To:        freebsd-small@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Guide to reducing FreeBSD (a.k.a miniBSD :)
Message-ID:  <B24B5180-8E42-11D6-BBF1-0030657B5F1E@gehicks.dyndns.org>

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On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 12:10 AM, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
[snips]
 > As long as you realize that if a /bin or /sbin program can't run due
 > to missing/corrupt libraries that you may or may not be able to even
 > boot single-user.  At the very least, /bin/sh, /sbin/mount, /sbin/init,
 > and /sbin/fsck should be static builds.


Libraries residing in a linked-in MD_ROOT_IMAGE are available
whenever the kernel is but it still seems more space efficient for a
small handful of boot-critical programs to be crunch-linked.

Cheers,

Jerry Hicks
gehicks@gehicks.dyndns.org



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