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