Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:48:31 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Jeff Hamann <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: network appliance question Message-ID: <6201873e0907152348x869ea63gf9c03d2acdc3d98d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6201873e0907152205j4e81b032k1896690e1516c167@mail.gmail.com> References: <A37E067F-7403-4573-8C8E-4E7A6B177294@forestinformatics.com> <6201873e0907152205j4e81b032k1896690e1516c167@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Jeff Hamann < > jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com> 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 >> >> There may be a far better method, but perhaps using > /usr/ports/sysutils/freesbie to build an ISO then using it to image a drive > would work for you. > > Or there is this sort of approach too, obviously need to be adapted/slimmed > to your embedded enviro as well. There is an old FreeBSD embedded cookbook > to, I'd guess much of it still applies. > > http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/FreeBSD-release-2.html<http://www.gsoft.com.au/%7Edoconnor/FreeBSD-release-2.html>; > > -- > Adam Vande More > Looking into this a little more and this page may also interest you. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/releng/release-build.html /usr/src/release/ contains some interesting items. -- Adam Vande More
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