Re: network appliance question

[Adam Vande More]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Adam Vande More wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Jeff Hamann <
> jeff.ham...@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
>
> --
> 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.


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Re: network appliance question[re post]

[stopeme]

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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Re: network appliance question

[Adam Vande More]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Jeff Hamann <
jeff.ham...@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

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network appliance question

[Jeff Hamann]

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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