Subject: Re: The smallest multi-user system
To: Derek God3 <derek0godfrey@netscape.net>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@embedtronics.fi>
List: current-users
Date: 08/14/2003 22:35:06
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:48:28AM -0700, Derek God3 wrote:
> Speaking of which, I'm somewhat of a NetBSD newbie, but
> firstly: is there a better way to "release" smaller distributions. For 
> my embedded
> box, I only have 30MB of Compact flash, so can't sysinst anything
> without modification.

We found it cheaper just to get a lerger CF card.  This way, we can
put a standard NetBSD distribution on the CF (no need to strip it down
every time we update the system).  Of course, if you're making 1000
similar boxes, you may be able to afford more work to save a few cents
on the CF cards.

  -jm