> Aha, that makes sense... But then, I suppose, one needs some IDE<->CF
> converting device... Would you point me to the resources 'bout them?
We use a cf -> ide adapter from adtron. Its not the cheapest out there,
but it fits in 3 1/2 drive bay, and offers access to the card from outside the
co
> On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 06:06:26AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> > : Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how
> > many : _read_ cycles do contemporary flashdisks support?), there is at least
> > one major : question: where to boot from? especially in the case of
>
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 06:06:26AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how
> many : _read_ cycles do contemporary flashdisks support?), there is at least
> one major : question: where to boot from? especially in the case of
> standal
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> Aha, that makes sense... But then, I suppose, one needs some IDE<->CF
> converting device... Would you point me to the resources 'bout them?
http://www.mesanet.com
http://siliconkit.dnsalias.com/cart
The CF-to-IDE adapters are really cheap, $20 or l
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Wilko Bulte wrote:
WB> On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 02:27:58PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
WB> > On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Wilko Bulte wrote:
WB> >
WB> > WB> > Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how
many
WB> > WB> > _read_ cycles do contemporary flas
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dmitry Morozovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how many
: _read_ cycles do contemporary flashdisks support?), there is at least one major
: question: where to boot from? especially in t
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 02:27:58PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Wilko Bulte wrote:
>
> WB> > Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how many
> WB> > _read_ cycles do contemporary flashdisks support?), there is at least one major
> WB> > questi
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Wilko Bulte wrote:
WB> > Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how many
WB> > _read_ cycles do contemporary flashdisks support?), there is at least one major
WB> > question: where to boot from? especially in the case of standalone
WB> > moving-par
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 01:13:33PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:
>
> MWL> : CD-ROM is not what I would call a reliable media. May I suggest
> MWL> : booting from the network (PXE) or booting from a hard disk and
> MWL> : mounting the partitions read-o
On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 12:12:55AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Vadim Vygonets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> : Quoth Joe on Thu, Jan 02, 2003:
> : > I've been trying to get FreeBSD to run off a cdrom. Why,
> : > well longs story, the shot version
"M. Warner Losh" wrote:
> : CD-ROM is not what I would call a reliable media. May I suggest
> : booting from the network (PXE) or booting from a hard disk and
> : mounting the partitions read-only?
[ ... ]
>
> I'd suspect that cdrom drives will break more often than hard disks in
> harsh environm
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:
MWL> : CD-ROM is not what I would call a reliable media. May I suggest
MWL> : booting from the network (PXE) or booting from a hard disk and
MWL> : mounting the partitions read-only?
MWL>
MWL> It is usually the case that solid-state media, properly config
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Vadim Vygonets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Quoth Joe on Thu, Jan 02, 2003:
: > I've been trying to get FreeBSD to run off a cdrom. Why,
: > well longs story, the shot version is it needs to be able to be
: > turned off and on like a lite switch. (
Quoth Joe on Thu, Jan 02, 2003:
> I've been trying to get FreeBSD to run off a cdrom. Why,
> well longs story, the shot version is it needs to be able to be
> turned off and on like a lite switch. (I understand the on part
> will take longer, but the off is just hit the button).
CD-ROM is no
Thanks, but I have a cd up and running now with dns. The iso at
freeSBIE seems to be more to run X or something.
I just want to have the machine do 4 things caching
nameserver(does it), ssh from localnet to box, and natd
router(does this too), console access.
At this point it does all but ssh.
At 03/01/2003, you wrote:
Unfortunately freeSBIE seems to require buildworld. I'm not
sure if they have a downloadable version.
Try here:
http://www.sm.freebsd.org/it/gufi/freesbie/
It is not the last version but it is an ISO :-)
You can get the last iso from the slow, adsl link in the main p
Unfortunately freeSBIE seems to require buildworld. I'm not
sure if they have a downloadable version.
I don't want X installed, I want dns, ssh and cron as the only
daemons. ipfw and natd for the firewall / nat. I also don't
want to have to do any configuration after it starts up or use
the fl
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I've been trying to get FreeBSD to run off a cdrom.
[..]
As somebody else already mentioned, try www.freesbie.org. It is based on
another project that seems stalled, livecd.
Works fine, the development team is italian but we do understand
> matt
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 4:03 PM
> Subject: freebsd running on a cdrom
>
>
> > Hello,
> > I've been trying to get FreeB
e for it, but if you read through
the script the author writes, it mentions the creation of a loader.rc file.
I'm hoping this will work. Good luck,
matt
- Original Message -
From: "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 4
Thanks, but that was actually one of the articles I had already
read.
It suggests taking the boot.flp image from 4.4-RELEASE and just
using your own boot0, loader.4th and kernel.gz.
When I did that I ended up with the system booting, but it
complained about a missing something(I cannot remembe
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Joe wrote:
> I've been trying to get FreeBSD to run off a cdrom. Why,
> well longs story, the shot version is it needs to be able to be
> turned off and on like a lite switch. (I understand the on part
> will take longer, but the off is just hit the button). When I
> rel
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 02:03:50PM -0800, Joe wrote:
> Without building the entire FreeBSD distro how do I make my
> own boot.flp file and what goes on it?
See if this article can help you:
"Building a CD Bootable Firewall"
http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/March/Features646.html
--
Craig Rodrig
Hello,
I've been trying to get FreeBSD to run off a cdrom. Why,
well longs story, the shot version is it needs to be able to be
turned off and on like a lite switch. (I understand the on part
will take longer, but the off is just hit the button). When I
release this box it will have no cons
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