Re: [Soekris] Choosing Compact flash (Was: Memory upgrade)
Hi Joel, On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 14:26 -0800, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > for the transcend 8GB 266x cf card I got: > > 30.3MB/s block write on a 4GB file > 37.5MB/s block read on a 4GB file (iozone) > 6.9MB/s rewrite > > this is on a system with 2.6 linux kernel ext3fs and 512MB of ram. > Manufacturers obviously don't plug their cards into Soekris boxes for testing and benchmarking, so average speed in the lab (the 45 Mb/s claim) is not what the average end user will ever see;). Still not bad, the fastest I've seen a "slow" card do after a few local tests is 2.35 Mb/s. However, in my experience, on an operational level it's the other hardware that matters on a Soekris box. Switching from a net4521 to a net4801, and later to a net5501, really made a difference (key generation, SSH login time etc). CF card speed has played only a minor role. Bill > >> ___ > >> Soekris-tech mailing list > >> Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > >> http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > >> > > -- "The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself" Winston Churchill ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Choosing Compact flash (Was: Memory upgrade)
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Maas writes: >Manufacturers obviously don't plug their cards into Soekris boxes for >testing and benchmarking, so average speed in the lab (the 45 Mb/s >claim) is not what the average end user will ever see;). In properly built cameras they will. The CF speed is measured using the CFA extension to the ATA command set, where erase operations are done as soon as possible, so that writes are straight writes to the flash array. Search for "CFA ERASE SECTOR" for more details. I'm working on support in FreeBSD. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Choosing Compact flash (Was: Memory upgrade)
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:40:07 +0100 Bill Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Joel, > > On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 14:26 -0800, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > > > for the transcend 8GB 266x cf card I got: > > > > 30.3MB/s block write on a 4GB file > > 37.5MB/s block read on a 4GB file (iozone) > > 6.9MB/s rewrite > > > > this is on a system with 2.6 linux kernel ext3fs and 512MB of ram. > > > > Manufacturers obviously don't plug their cards into Soekris boxes for > testing and benchmarking, so average speed in the lab (the 45 Mb/s > claim) is not what the average end user will ever see;). Still not bad, > the fastest I've seen a "slow" card do after a few local tests is 2.35 > Mb/s. > > However, in my experience, on an operational level it's the other > hardware that matters on a Soekris box. Switching from a net4521 to a > net4801, and later to a net5501, really made a difference (key > generation, SSH login time etc). CF card speed has played only a minor > role. > > Bill > > > > >> ___ > > >> Soekris-tech mailing list > > >> Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > > >> http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > >> > > > > > -- > > "The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself" > > Winston Churchill > > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech Hey Bill, Please tell me you mean MB, not Mb! Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Choosing Compact flash (Was: Memory upgrade)
On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 22:46 +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: [...] > Hey Bill, > > Please tell me you mean MB, not Mb! > > Cheers, Steve > I was being a bit over-zealous there: I usually make that other mistake;) Bill -- "The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself" Winston Churchill ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] net5501 and Linux ( Gentoo 2.6.23 )
Hello :) Yesterday I got my shiny new net5501. I would therefore like to pool some facts and also some questions * the disk led works * using PATA as Primary and FLASH as Secondary works * Error-LED doesn't work. Any help? * Watchdog doesn't work. Any help? Also, does this mean, I can only use UDMA/33 on my box? "hda: host side 80-wire cable detection failed, limiting max speed to UDMA33" Or should I try to override by using hdparm -X? Is a 80 pin cable available at all? does it make sense? Other than that, I am very happy, the migration from a net4801 went very smoothly, at first I just had to compile VIA_RHINE into the kernel, and from there on I could build a completely customized one. So if anyone wants to migrate, don't forget this module or else you might make yourself some unneccessary pain (kernel compile via serial or once again disassemble the HDD from the Soekris). Other than that the kernel boots very nice. If someone has some questions regarding migration or Gentoo on the net5501, feel free to ask, but it would be nice if someone could help me out of my issues as well *misses his hearbeat LED aswell as the confidence a WDT gave him* Greetings, Richard H. ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] 5501 USB2 External Hard Disk support under FreeBSD
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Martin Johnson wrote: > Has anyone had a chance of test the stability of external USB2 hard > disks attached to the 5501's USB port? Preferably under FreeBSD. > > If I recall correctly, you can't boot from a USB hard disk because the > BIOS doesn't support it. But if I boot from some other device, is > there any reason why I can't use a big Lacie USB disk for bulk storage? I can't speak for FreeBSD, but it works great for me on NetBSD. I boot from CF, and use a larger USB disk for storage. Cheers, Jared ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Ubuntu Dabber / 5501 / Grub error 18 - back to FreeBSD
I had an idea Ubuntu as Desktop which is the best I have seen and the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (long term service - until 2011) server so one distribution for all purposes / great. My experience: 6:06 partitioner doesn't work on Soekris Debian did. Debian as a NTP server held the offset time within 6000 - 1 msec / uhh So back to square one and I re-installed the best and most stable environment - FreeBSD on all my Soekris boxes - all done & it works!! Kept Ubuntu as a desktop though best regardservin On 19/11/2007, ervin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are right correct partitioning solved the issue thx > :-) ervin > > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda1 456M 118M 315M 28% / > varrun252M 40K 252M 1% /var/run > varlock 252M 4,0K 252M 1% /var/lock > udev 252M 52K 252M 1% /dev > devshm252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm > lrm 252M 19M 234M 8% > /lib/modules/2.6.15-29-386/volatile > /dev/hda3 1,8G 33M 1,7G 2% /tmp > /dev/hda6 17G 303M 16G 2% /usr > /dev/hda5 17G 280M 16G 2% /var > > > > On 19/11/2007, Brian Candler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 11:35:48PM +0100, ervin wrote: > > > The PXE boot went fine and I installed the GRUB loader on the 40GB HD > > > as you can see above. > > > Changes were made according to this guide https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Soekrins > > > > > > However booting afterwards gives me the GRUB error 18 . it's a > > > minimal install on a full ext3 formatted HDrive. > > > > > > --- The GRUB manual says: > > > --- > > > "Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS. > > > > > > This error is returned when a read is attempted at a linear block > > > address beyond the end of the BIOS translated area. This generally > > > happens if your disk is larger than the BIOS can handle (512MB for > > > (E)IDE disks on older machines or larger than 8GB in general)." > > > --- > > > > How did you partition your 40GB drive? > > > > As the error says, you need to ensure that your kernel is within a partition > > at the "start" of the disk, i.e. below cylinder 1024. Depending on the > > geometry settings this might be the first 8GB, or it might be less. > > > > Use 'fdisk /dev/hda' followed by 'p' to see the geometry and the partition > > table (assuming the drive is available as /dev/hda when you do this) > > > > The normal solution to this problem is to repartition your hard drive so > > that /boot is the first small partition (/dev/hda1, say 100MB) and then the > > rest is whatever you want - perhaps /dev/hda2 for swap and /dev/hda3 for > > the root partition (/) > > > > HTH, > > > > Brian. > > > > > -- > > > mvh/best regards ervin > -- mvh/best regards ervin ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] PXE Installation of OpenBSD 4.2 on Soekris 4801
I'm working with a new Soekris 4801 w/256MB RAM and wonder about getting OpenBSD installed so that the system boots. Once I can get to SSH, I'm home free. Netboot using PXE and tfptd goes well: I've gotten things set up so I can do the net boot + install and that whole installation procedure appears to run flawlessly. However, when I get to booting the installed system, things just appear to hang. Here is the output from the serial connection just before that happens: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/net4801.txt Where can I find info about how OpenBSD needs to be configured differently from your average tower/rack mounted system so as to boot from CF with no HD? Regards -Lars ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] PXE Installation of OpenBSD 4.2 on Soekris 4801
Are your bootloader and system configured to use the serial console? Hint: boot(8), set tty -- Jussi Peltola ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] PXE Installation of OpenBSD 4.2 on Soekris 4801
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:49:39 +0200 Lars Noodén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working with a new Soekris 4801 w/256MB RAM and wonder about getting > OpenBSD installed so that the system boots. Once I can get to SSH, I'm > home free. > > Netboot using PXE and tfptd goes well: I've gotten things set up so I > can do the net boot + install and that whole installation procedure > appears to run flawlessly. > > However, when I get to booting the installed system, things just appear > to hang. Here is the output from the serial connection just before that > happens: > > http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/net4801.txt > > Where can I find info about how OpenBSD needs to be configured > differently from your average tower/rack mounted system so as to boot > from CF with no HD? Doesn't look like you chose to set the default console to your serial port. You'll need to re-install and make sure to choose that option during setup. > > Regards > -Lars > > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
[Soekris] 5501 FreeBSD 7.0 Beta4 Kernel Config ?
Hi, Just to save time, does anyone have a working kernel config file, /etc/ make.conf and /boot/loader.conf for the 5501 with FreeBSD 7.0 beta 4? Thanks in advance! - Martin. ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] PXE Installation of OpenBSD 4.2 on Soekris 4801
at the boot> prompt, you need to use the following commands to enable the serial terminal: set tty com0 stty com0 19200 and in /etc/ttys, tty00 should look like this: tty00 "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200" vt100 on secure Lars Nood??n [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm working with a new Soekris 4801 w/256MB RAM and wonder about getting > OpenBSD installed so that the system boots. Once I can get to SSH, I'm > home free. > > Netboot using PXE and tfptd goes well: I've gotten things set up so I > can do the net boot + install and that whole installation procedure > appears to run flawlessly. > > However, when I get to booting the installed system, things just appear > to hang. Here is the output from the serial connection just before that > happens: > > http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/net4801.txt > > Where can I find info about how OpenBSD needs to be configured > differently from your average tower/rack mounted system so as to boot > from CF with no HD? > > Regards > -Lars > > ___ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech -- "You were about to change the channel when God healed you" -- Benny Hinn ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] PXE Installation of OpenBSD 4.2 on Soekris 4801
On Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 15:56:05 -0600, Preston Kutzner wrote: >Doesn't look like you chose to set the default console to your serial >port. You'll need to re-install and make sure to choose that option >during setup. That's not necessary if sshd is running. The machine will boot fine, it justs takes a while to calculate the ssh-keys at the first boot. Wait a couple of minutes, ssh into the machine as root and put something like this into your /etc/boot.conf: stty com0 9600 set tty com0 Maurice ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
