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CompactBSD for Embedded Projects

Posted by michael on from the bsd-inside dept.

miggidy_mac writes "FatPort (a wireless Internet service provider in Vancouver, BC) just released CompactBSD. It's a set of tools that allow you to build your own customized, lightweight distribution of OpenBSD and then burns it onto compact flash (or similar) so that it can be run on an embedded PC platform (like FatPort's own FatPoint). CompactBSD takes the security and networking features of OpenBSD that we know and love, and combines them with ease-of-build and small footprint, which is great for embedded devices. Check out the project on SourceForge."

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  1. Perhaps in conjunction w/ one of this sweet ones.. by bsDaemon · · Score: 4, Informative

    Soekris Engineering PC104 sbcs designed specificaly for Free/Net/Open BSD and the occasional Linux. Very nice they be.

  2. Re:PicoBSD? by homer_ca · · Score: 4, Informative

    There's a few mini-BSDs out there. PicoBSD and ClosedBSD are based on FreeBSD. EmBSD is based on OpenBSD.

  3. Re:PicoBSD? by friscolr · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.microbsd.net/ is based on OpenBSD and FreeBSD.

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  4. Re:Perhaps in conjunction w/ one of this sweet one by Bishop · · Score: 3, Informative

    It is also worth checking out IEI. Check out the embeded single board computers. Embeded SBC There is quite a variety of socket370, transmeta, and NS Geode boards. For ordering boards in Canada contact Tri-M. Not all boards are listed on the website but most are listed in the pdf price list(in USD). I have not ordered anything from these guys yet. I am considering a ISS-102R-300 board, with 3 ethernet, and NS Geode 300mhz, for $275 USD. Or possibly one of the compact socket 370 boards.

  5. Re:GPL?!? by krusty_snart · · Score: 3, Informative
    This isn't really a distribution, but a set of tools to create a distribution.

    So the tools themselves are GPL'd, while the BSD files are still under the BSD license.