joe mcguckin wrote: [ ...top-posting recovered... ] > Most USB keys don't have a rw/ro switch. Is there a kernel flag you can set > to tell FreeBSD that boot device is flash and that writes should be kept to > a minimum? Look at /etc/fstab, and consider the "ro" & "noatime" options. > Can swap space be completely done away with? Certainly. It would be a very good idea to configure the system with more than enough physical RAM, and to take some care selecting the software being run on the system. [ If you stick to small, simple C programs like natd, dhcpd, etc, you should be fine. Try to avoid complex systems and scripting languages like Perl-- for example, trying to do SMTP + SpamAssassin + amavis + antivirus on a Compact Flash-based host would be a bad idea. ] -- -ChuckReceived on Wed Nov 03 2004 - 11:55:41 UTC
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