Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-11 Thread John Smith
Thanks, guys, for the information. This is really helpful. Giorgos, just apologizing that I used the word "level-headed". In hindsight "more informative" would have been more appropriate. I'm currently using PC-BSD - and the journey so far has been tremendous. Happy to be part of the BSD world ;

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 06:05:35PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 03:45:30PM -0600, John Smith wrote: > > > I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is > > a newbie supposed to know the differenced and how can I test this if I > > don't have a s

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 03:45:30PM -0600, John Smith wrote: > I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is > a newbie supposed to know the differenced and how can I test this if I > don't have a spare machine? > > My question was more out of interest. This mailing list is

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-11-10 15:45, John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Nov 10, 2007 9:40 AM, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On 2007-11-09 17:01, John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Can anybody please explain to my what the differences are between >>> nanobsd, picobsd and tinybsd. >>>

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 03:45:30PM -0600, John Smith wrote: > I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is > a newbie supposed to know the differenced Both nanobsd and picobsd have manual pages. Try 'man nanobsd' and 'man picobsd'. Picobsd has been superseded by nanobsd

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Garrett Cooper
John Smith wrote: I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is a newbie supposed to know the differenced and how can I test this if I don't have a spare machine? My question was more out of interest. This mailing list is called FreeBSD-Questions, so why can't I asked a r

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread John Smith
I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is a newbie supposed to know the differenced and how can I test this if I don't have a spare machine? My question was more out of interest. This mailing list is called FreeBSD-Questions, so why can't I asked a reasonable question a

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-11-09 17:01, John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anybody please explain to my what the differences are between > nanobsd, picobsd and tinybsd. > > They all seem to be doing the same (creating a minimal FreeBSD image > that can be used in embedded systems), or is this not right? Wha

nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-09 Thread John Smith
Can anybody please explain to my what the differences are between nanobsd, picobsd and tinybsd. They all seem to be doing the same (creating a minimal FreeBSD image that can be used in embedded systems), or is this not right? I've searched the internet but can't really find a page that clearly ex