Re: FreeBSD from Scratch
On Friday 04 August 2006 15:59, Jona Joachim wrote: > Rich Mayo wrote: > > Is anyone on the list familiar with the "Linux from Scratch" project? > > More to the point, is anybody aware if there is anything like a "FreeBSD > > from Scratch" project?? > > You may find this interesting: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fbsd-from-scratch/index >.html Although, it's nothing like "Linux from Scratch". IIRC it's a way of updating into alternate system partitions to avoid leaving old files behind after an update. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: FreeBSD from Scratch
The install guide at www.a1poweruser.com may be what you are looking for. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rich Mayo Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:24 AM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: FreeBSD from Scratch Is anyone on the list familiar with the "Linux from Scratch" project? More to the point, is anybody aware if there is anything like a "FreeBSD from Scratch" project?? Rich Mayo SRI International 732-389-1003 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD from Scratch
Rich Mayo wrote: > Is anyone on the list familiar with the "Linux from Scratch" project? > More to the point, is anybody aware if there is anything like a "FreeBSD > from Scratch" project?? You may find this interesting: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fbsd-from-scratch/index.html Jona ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD from Scratch
Rich Mayo wrote: > Is anyone on the list familiar with the "Linux from Scratch" project? > More to the point, is anybody aware if there is anything like a "FreeBSD > from Scratch" project?? As I understand it, Linux from Scratch is all about building a Linux box without using the packaging etc. provided by any of the various Linux distributions. The challenge is to take all of the source code from all of the various development groups and integrate it into a working system yourself. The concept doesn't really map onto FreeBSD. The OS -- kernel, system libraries, standard applications -- is developed as a unified thing. There aren't really any alternate distributions in the same sense as there are for Linux, although projects like Freesbie, pfsense and DesktopBSD are heading in that sort of direction. Once you've downloaded the system sources, done a make buildworld etc., installed everything and rebooted[*], that's it: done. You've got a working FreeBSD system. Which kind of takes away the point of the 'from Scratch' idea. It's too easy... Third party software installed from ports is literally compiling from source code as Linux from Scratch advocates -- OK, software installed from ports does get registered in the pkg system, and it can be bundled up into a pkg tarball and copied to another machine to be installed there (which is exactly what the packages are on the FreeBSD FTP sites). But that's just an aid to keeping things properly maintained. Either every FreeBSD box is 'FreeBSD from Scratch' or none of them are. Cheers, Matthew [*] Actually, it's a little more involved than that, and of course you should follow the detailed instructions in the handbook. But that's the general gist. -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: FreeBSD from Scratch
On 8/4/06, Rich Mayo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is anyone on the list familiar with the "Linux from Scratch" project? More to the point, is anybody aware if there is anything like a "FreeBSD from Scratch" project?? It depends on which aspect of "Linux from Scratch" is of interest to you. Building from source code is the standard way to update FreeBSD. By editing appropriate configuration files you can produce a fairly customized installation: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html describes the basics. You also have the option of doing a minimal install in the first place, and then adding additional pieces as you wish. Another approach to a customized FreeBSD is the nanobsd project, which has tools to let you build a stripped-down FreeBSD that is small enough to run from a floppy disk (although these days a usb flash drive is probably a more common target): http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/nanobsd.html There are preconfigured nanobsd builds to make firewalls, routers, and other common tools. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
FreeBSD from Scratch
Is anyone on the list familiar with the "Linux from Scratch" project? More to the point, is anybody aware if there is anything like a "FreeBSD from Scratch" project?? Rich Mayo SRI International 732-389-1003 smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
