Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Jed Clear
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Jed Clear wrote: > If you'd rather not mess around with getting power from pin 10, and aren't > otherwise using your USB connector, it is a +5V source, with enough > hampsters for the LVC, at least with no internal HDD. Cutting up a spare > USB cable is probably the easiest wa

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Jed Clear
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Marc Balmer wrote: > * Chris Babcock wrote: > > Can those LVC units be used for as a GPS reference time source for NTP? > Yes. They output NMEA sentences, are fully (and easily) configurable > and provide a PPS signal (which has to be turned on by sending the > unit some comma

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Ralph Smith
On Mon, July 28, 2008 1:26 pm, Marc Balmer wrote: > * Chris Babcock wrote: >> Can those LVC units be used for as a GPS reference time source for NTP? > > Yes. They output NMEA sentences, are fully (and easily) configurable > and provide a PPS signal (which has to be turned on by sending the > uni

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Marc Balmer
* Chris Babcock wrote: > Can those LVC units be used for as a GPS reference time source for NTP? Yes. They output NMEA sentences, are fully (and easily) configurable and provide a PPS signal (which has to be turned on by sending the unit some commands). > > Timothy Holtzen wrote: > > Thanks Ra

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Marc Balmer
* Timothy Holtzen wrote: > Thanks Ralph! That's exactly what I needed. Pin 10 works like a charm > and no magic smoke release. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I drive a GPS 18 LVC using pin 10 of JP3, the COM2 connector. This is no > > substitute for proper specifications, but it has worked w

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Chris Babcock
Can those LVC units be used for as a GPS reference time source for NTP? Timothy Holtzen wrote: > Thanks Ralph! That's exactly what I needed. Pin 10 works like a charm > and no magic smoke release. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I drive a GPS 18 LVC using pin 10 of JP3, the COM2 connector. Th

Re: [Soekris] +5V power on Net4501

2008-07-28 Thread Timothy Holtzen
Thanks Ralph! That's exactly what I needed. Pin 10 works like a charm and no magic smoke release. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I drive a GPS 18 LVC using pin 10 of JP3, the COM2 connector. This is no > substitute for proper specifications, but it has worked well for me, and I > haven't let out a

Re: [Soekris] Soekris net5501-70 : OpenBSD 4.3, cannot register compatflash wd0 as root device

2008-07-28 Thread DarkSoul
Hello, My apologies for the double mailing, I had omitted posting full boot traces for the two scenarios I described in my previous e-mail : DarkSoul wrote: Hello, I just tried installing OpenBSD 4.3 on my Soekris, using a 2G Compact Flash card (which is detected by bsd.rd kernel fine since