On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 23:26, Gerard Samuel wrote: > Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > On Monday 23 August 2004 11:21 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: > > > >>Andrew L. Gould wrote: > >> > >>>On Monday 23 August 2004 07:41 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: > >>> > >>>>Well I've been using FBSD since 3.4, and I would like to > >>>>try my hand at trying to put together an embedded FBSD system. > >>>>I browsed the -small mailing list, but there doesnt seem to be > >>>>any relevant up to date data there (I may be mistaken). > >>>>I did a bit of googling, but Im not finding what Im looking > >>>>for. > >>>>I kept running into "Embedded FreeBSD Cookbook". Anyone thoughts > >>>>on this book. > >>>>But other than that, are there any online how to tutorial, > >>>>that would show an almost beginner on how to get started. > >>>> > >>>>Thanks for any input you may provide... > >>> > >>>Go to http://soekris.com/ and click on Support. You'll find some > >>>tutorials on installing FreeBSD on their embedded boards. One of > >>>the tutorials is "miniBSD - reducing FreeBSD". > >>> > >>>Also, Michael Lucas has an article on installing OpenBSD on one of > >>>their boards: > >>>http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/03/11/Big_Scary_Daemons.html > >>> > >>>Best of luck, > >> > >>Seems my options are limited, but thanks for the links... > > > > > > I don't think you're options are limited. These are just examples that > > have come to the attention of someone who does NOT do embedded stuff. > > > > > > Understood. What I meant by "limited" was that it seems (with respect > to hardware), it seems like the hardware side of things isn't as > widespread as I thought it would have been (compared to *normal* > hardware, aka AT/ATX etc). > I was previously aware of soekris through mOrOwall (which gave me the > idea of putting one together myself). > But then again, I've only begun searching yesterday, so what do I know :) > > Thanks once again... miniBSD runs fine on the Advantech WEB-2143 (and probably also on the later cousins). We run it in 14Mb of a 32Mb CF card as a bridging firewall among other things.
http://neon1.net/misc/minibsd.html for the 'recipe' .. be very aware of the static / dynamic libraries on the development box .. sigh -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- **************************************************************** This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. **************************************************************** _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
