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Date:      Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:04:53 +0000
From:      stopeme <stopeme@gmail.com>
To:        Jeff Hamann <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com>,  freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: network appliance question[re post]
Message-ID:  <4A5EED35.6040704@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <A37E067F-7403-4573-8C8E-4E7A6B177294@forestinformatics.com>
References:  <A37E067F-7403-4573-8C8E-4E7A6B177294@forestinformatics.com>

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Jeff Hamann wrote:
> I would like to take a ton of apps I've compiled from source, plus 
> gobs of my own source, build a "distro" of that super solid freebsd I 
> love,  and hermetically seal it up in a box that can be plugged into a 
> network hub, so that users don't have to use anything but a web 
> browser, sftp, or ssh to access the contents. My questions are as 
> follows:
>
> 1) Is this possible?
>
> 2) If so, is there a network appliance "starter kit" I can play with 
> first to prove the concept, and
>
> 3) If so, where? I haven't been too successful searching for "network 
> appliance building for dummies"
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff.
>
> Jeff Hamann, PhD
> PO Box 1421
> Corvallis, Oregon 97339-1421
> 541-754-2457
> jeff.hamann[at]forestinformatics[dot]com
> http://www.forestinformatics.com
>
>
>
>
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another options is nanoBSD
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/
and iirc there is frenzy livecd building scripts in ports



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