Re: How fast can I get FBSD to boot?

From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf_at_riseup.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 04:06:38 UTC
On Tue, 2022-08-16 at 19:40 -0700, Pete Wright wrote:
> On 8/16/22 18:04, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Tue, 2022-08-16 at 15:06 -0400, 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.
> > Hi,
> > 
> > if you are in favour of FreeBSD consider to test BusyBox with FreeBSD.
> 
> if you are looking for a stripped down userland like busybox might be 
> worth taking a look at tools/bsdbox in the src repo.  The readme states 
> its a WIP - but might be worth testing if you are really space constrained.
> 
> https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/tools/bsdbox

I wasn't aware of this project. It's likely a good way to escape the
GPL-Sharia, if licensing should be a concern. For private usage BusyBox
seems to be a helpful tool, for professional usage it seems to be a
guarantor for a lawsuit.