[Compactbsd-devel] Re: [ptp] CompactBSD

[Ken S. <ksimpson@FatPort.com>]

> Ehh... it's worth noting up front that as it is this most definitely
> needs a BSD host system. "Well duh" perhaps?

I'll try to find somewhere on the project page where that can be made more
clear.

> It could be made to not, I think, but it wasn't immediately clear that
> this was this was a requirement. Make->pmake, specify the ARCH
> explicitly (no i686 on bsd?) gets you a ways... the big issues being
> tools cap_mkdb and pwd_mkdb missing, flashdist.sh bsd-oriented.

It would be nice to make it work with *BSD and even Linux. It could evolve
into a generic build system for compact-flash based *nix devices.

BTW: I'm going on vacation now, so please don't be offended if I don't
reply to emails until mid-September :)

TTUL
Ken

> On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:22:17 -0700 (PDT), Ken Simpson said:
>
> > I just released CompactBSD-0.1.0, which is a tool that we use here at
> > FatPort to burn OpenBSD onto compact flash for use inside our
> > FatPointOEM box (http://www.fatport.com/products/fatpoint_OEM). The
> > source is available on SourceForge
> > (https://sourceforge.net/projects/compactbsd/) and is covered under
> > the FatPointOEM license -- which is very similar to the BSD license.
> >
> > The CompactBSD tool automagically fetches OpenBSD, builds a tiny
> > profile of it, and then loads it onto compact flash. You can use the
> > basic CompactBSD setup as a launching pad for your own embedded BSD
> > project, adding or removing files from the default build to add or
> > remove features.
> >
> > We spent a long time gluing together all the little pieces that make
> > this tool work. Hopefully, many of you will find it useful.
> >
> > If you have any questions or comments about CompactBSD, please refer
> > them to the project mailing list, to which you can subscribe at
> > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/compactbsd-devel.
> >
> > This is an early release and there are bound to be problems with it.
> > Contributions are welcome :)
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Ken Simpson,
> > CTO, FatPort
> >
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