Re: How fast can I get FBSD to boot?

From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 03:15:21 UTC
On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 11:43 PM Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> wrote:

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> On 8/16/22 12:06, Alejandro Imass wrote:
> > Thank you all for your suggestions and taking time to respond to this
> > thread!
> >
> > The Linux distro I have in mind is Tiny Core Linux, it boots really
> > fast and it's around 10MB in size.
> >
> > Wondering if there are FBSD-based systems that resemble this design:
> > http://www.tinycorelinux.net
> >
> > Thanks again!
> there are several ways to accomplish this, all with the base system.  as
> a starting point try reading the man page for nanobsd(8).  you can also
> checkout the picobsd(8) man page as well if you want to take a look at a
> historical implementation of this. i've used nanobsd (and picobsd) to
> build embedded appliances and tiny VM images with great success in the
> past.
>
> -pete
>
> --
> Pete Wright
> pete@nomadlogic.org
> @nomadlogicLA
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A point is not mentioned up to now .

There is an important difference between  FreeBSD and Linux boot processes .

FreeBSD is booting by loading very small parts step by step .

Linux is booting by loading very large files ( such as 7 MB , 30 MB , ... )
as boot images to use .


With my best wishes .

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk