Possible? - FBSD 10 and Apache on CF Soekris?

[edflecko .]

Lowell: Your options sound interesting, but since I'm fairly new to FBSD I
don't know how to perform either option. Can you point me toward some
documentation, tutorials, etc., that might help me understand how to do
what you're suggesting?

Also, should I be concerned about the life expectancy of a CF?

Finally, I'm sure I'll be customizing the kernel for Soekris so will
the poudriere
method of keeping the system up to date work for a custom kernel?

Ed


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Lowell Gilbert <
freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org> wrote:

> "edflecko ." <edflecko at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Andrew: I agree - don't keep a local copy of the source or ports, but how
> > do I keep the system patched if I don't do that?
>
> Multiple choices. Binary updates. If you have another FreeBSD system
> already, use that to do the builds, and install them on your small
> system through packaging or by mounting the build system's disks (via
> NFS) on the small system.
>
> >                                                  Would it just be easier
> to
> > buy a larger CF?
>
> That's pretty easy. But if you've already got disk space on other
> machines, mounting that isn't much harder, and is certainly cheaper.
>
> >                  Although, from a security perspective, I think it's
> better
> > to not have a copy of source or ports.
>
> For a specific reason, or just a gut feeling? I can imagine some ways in
> which it could be true, but they're all based on fairly far-fetched
> scenarios.
>