From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jul 17 22:49:31 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E61C37112C for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lonnie@outstep.com) Received: from mail-io1-xd2e.google.com (mail-io1-xd2e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2e]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B7mX96gBBz4fYw for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:49:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lonnie@outstep.com) Received: by mail-io1-xd2e.google.com with SMTP id k23so12024144iom.10 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:49:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=outstep-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=2QXMOd+vLmQsc1OsKwFN7UXDsbHllJau9yacjVL1B54=; b=cX69L+DXsnXMMJBdMs9jo8udkW0WLM1uZFeeqDTJpb43ummkLNgl+3WqWHFvJ2VqXc VMhSnW82TZXTDOx1/xn7Ro551unsteRAee9awOj4OGXDcKe0bNSfIaiJ8Qe0UWPh68xk ZvARbYZ1edGDASuCMjuDf+1cWXYsgWxHbQpzsigTUuehcYkYeEGSx0L6vOXEZ9oMYIqn UIoipBYW6oxe4Mbzhu8Et+kwSlwdz9q6+YtSK61bFpNDaRr4wpDWT7LL0WbBSbOHMNxY /gS0RbtUtvmHSufevI/Fwo/UldJV1bj7+4Vko3eetIbErRlLogpyYiDcPk/ogw1/bYlq XtzQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=2QXMOd+vLmQsc1OsKwFN7UXDsbHllJau9yacjVL1B54=; b=T9mdaEomni6rS282s1m7rnOFGL/FnWxoiIOJhkP92LVs1QPlxb4A/IyQjeiH18hs97 5si2XBwetbRE+1sjcBdwRbS24lzAOYM3tL8LgcOHK/Hl9MfqIRRR/vyQ3SmEiIpTej+J 5xeY5eZoqhBBgOYP2zFoIGvl0lFwAz+2d5/N2PUoenmAfHCgY999d9XhvEm7gZRevkjt XHdJw0Yu0R3wtPEXM3hfoOqmC4Yv3YLcUPdQiKD3jfFmgji+fdDM5Bwk7Tx9zyC0uadx MBLVCYOZnmkUSxUGE+bEks7NH/BwqCqzwsu/UuGqQl1kFriPQnOjaCvEJ8JPslxDknHc JH+w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531kHdypqRVEPdLzz8OYCbiuMDx2JUrgD1c8l40keK9KY9UcZ6nI JqUA2Ad7n9BD1r628to2qoIzY+TFVD60qr7YGpduCctwcJMBnw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxoqpDVcuRuMbR5fa5xk7J5QZ4FYdsPV+6aEz/xj2b9gjQ0Kwd1EjZ7roZcfLlJnJBCVMPlxS6/6+kKUQEXclg= X-Received: by 2002:a02:ccb3:: with SMTP id t19mr13191508jap.122.1595026163068; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:49:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7ded2e5d-5141-4b8d-fed4-c6e3ceecc5ce@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <7ded2e5d-5141-4b8d-fed4-c6e3ceecc5ce@nomadlogic.org> From: Lonnie Cumberland Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:49:12 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: NanoBSD and PicoBSD questions To: Pete Wright Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4B7mX96gBBz4fYw X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=outstep-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.s=20150623 header.b=cX69L+DX; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, DKIM not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=outstep.com (policy=none); spf=softfail (mx1.freebsd.org: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2e is neither permitted nor denied by domain of lonnie@outstep.com) smtp.mailfrom=lonnie@outstep.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.16 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.86)[-0.861]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[outstep-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com:s=20150623]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.97)[-0.973]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; R_SPF_SOFTFAIL(0.00)[~all]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[outstep-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2e:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.13)[-0.128]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[outstep.com : No valid SPF, DKIM not aligned (relaxed), none] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:49:31 -0000 Hi Pete, Thanks for the info and links which are sure to help. Best Lonnie On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 1:31 PM Pete Wright wrote: > > > On 7/17/20 7:12 AM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I am just now coming to FreeBSD over from the Linux world. > > > > In the past,I read a little bit about a 6BM BSD version made from FreeBSd > > called MiniBSD which was only 6MB in size but unfortunately that was for > an > > i386 base and the project seems to be now dead. > > > > I am very interest possibly generating up some in ultra-thin FreeBSD > > versions for the x86_64 (AMD) platform that can be along the same size or > > smaller, of course without an xserver as I am looking into SDL & DirectFB > > to run the GUI single application (no desktop needed) that I want. > > > > On that note, I have also read that FreeBSD has some "tools" that may be > > able to generate versions of PicoBSD (around 2MB) and NanoBSD (??? MB) > so I > > have set up a FreeBSD system so that I can try to generate some ISO's if > > possible. > > > > For this project, an initial FreeBSD, or dialect, being the smaller the > > better with just the absolute bare essentials on it so that I can add > > things as needed. > > > > What I am not sure about here is how to install the FreeBSD tools that > seem > > to have the shell scripts that will generate PicoBSD and NanoBSD. > > > > I would like to be able to download a pre-built ISO of these just to see > > them run before jumping into the effort but cannot find them anywhere. > > This link is a good starting point for nanobsd: > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/index.html > > the scripts and configs for nanobsd are part of the source FreeBSD > distribution, so if you checkout the code nanobsd will be available in > $CHECKOUT/tools/tools/nanobsd/ > > This document provides a pretty good overview of the structure of the > project itself (assuming you are interesting in building products based > on FreeBSD): > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/building-products/article.html > > hope this helps get you pointed in the right direction. > > cheers, > -pete > > -- > Pete Wright > pete@nomadlogic.org > @nomadlogicLA > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >