Re: Minimizing base-system size

you can also do a `make installmost` instead of a `make world` to make
the base system smaller, though I've never done that myself.

/ayn

On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 13:09, Nick Jennings wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
>  Recently I installed FreeBSD on an old 486/DX100 with a very small hard
>  drive. I am planning to use it as a little bookshelf firewall to
>  replace my p200 tower which just takes up too much space. 
> 
>  At first I didn't think about system size, I re-built the basesystem
>  with nothing disabled in the make.conf
> 
>  Now I am realizing I need to make this system smaller, I've disabled
>  several things in the make.conf:
> 
> NO_BIND=        true    # do not build BIND
> NO_FORTRAN=     true    # do not build g77 and related libraries
> NO_I4B= true    # do not build isdn4bsd package
> NO_LPR= true    # do not build lpr and related programs
> NO_SENDMAIL=    true    # do not build sendmail and related programs
> NOPROFILE=      true    # Avoid compiling profiled libraries
> NOUUCP= true    # do not build uucp related programs
> 
>  And I'd like to rebuild the system & remove everything that is from
>  the original build. Is there a supported way to do this?
> 
>  Any ideas appreciated.
> 
> - Nick Jennings
> 
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