Wes, you do not even need the flash to netboot, since it supports
PXE. And it boots very nicely
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Wes Peters wrote:
> Chris Shenton wrote:
> >
> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wes Peters writes:
> >
> > > We have several NIC's around here (the New Internet Computer, see
> > > http://www.thinknic.com/ for details) and will be adding a couple of these
> > > so we can boot FreeBSD or NetBSD on them in the next little while. A NIC
> > > running FreeBSD on a silent CF disk strikes me as an ideal bedroom computer;
> > > you can leave it on all the time and just let the screen sleep when you're
> > > not using it.
> >
> > Been thinking seriously about buying a couple of these; hard to beat
> > the $200 price point. Chat on one of the NIC lists indicates they had
> > two fans and will now ship with three fans; this seems like it will
> > make it rather noisey -- especially since they're diskless and should
> > be quiet.
>
> They are quiet. I didn't notice any fans in the ones we disassembled at
> work. The Geode processor runs QUITE hot, though. They make good hand-
> warmers when it's snowing outside.
>
> > Since I prefer FreeBSD to Linux, I'd rather run BSD than the Linux on
> > the CD it runs from. Is it possible to create an ISO of a bootable
> > and runnable FreeBSD? What happens with stuff like /tmp and /var/log?
>
> You wouldn't want it; performance running off the CD-ROM is terrible.
> Get a 2.5" hard drive and stick it to the case top with double-sticky
> tape.
>
> > Failing this, I'd probably net-boot the NICs off a bigger FreeBSD
> > machine, and NFS mount /home dirs and /usr/local type of software.
>
> That would probably give you better performance than the CD-ROM. The
> NIC has a small flash disk in it as well; you could probably put the
> boot loader and enough /boot filesystem on that to autoboot.
>
> > That way when I built a tool or package it would be available to any
> > of the FreeBSD boxes in the house. Seems like a great bang/buck
> > ratio. Any comments on this approach?
>
> Sounds good to me. Maybe I should setup a netboot server at work and
> have a hack at it. We've got a couple of IDE->CompactFlash adapters
> I could play with without scrogging the NIC-standard flash device.
>
> --
> "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
>
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