Re: [Soekris] Soekris Alternatives

2008-10-11 Thread Ask Bjørn Hansen
On Oct 9, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Sargun Dhillon wrote: The things which are lacking in the BIOS: -Breaks some bootloaders -Remote flashing support -Remote debug support The remote management boards typically found in servers (LOM, IPMI, etc) costs way too much compared to the cost of a

Re: [Soekris] Booting to PXELinux With CF Card Present

2008-10-11 Thread Andy Michaels
I don't know the reasoning, but it seems (from what I saw) that comBIOS needs the CF to be inserted on boot -- if I plug it in later, it causes problems. I don't think IDE is a hotplug-capable bus. The devices need to be present on boot. I included that you've also got to specify to the

Re: [Soekris] Booting to PXELinux With CF Card Present

2008-10-11 Thread Mike Chirico
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:53:21AM -0400, Andy Michaels wrote: I included that you've also got to specify to the Linux kernel to use the serial port and to set the baud rate. If I had known that, it would have saved me 3-5 hours last night. Hmmm... I don't recall needing to do that with

Re: [Soekris] Booting to PXELinux With CF Card Present

2008-10-11 Thread Andy Michaels
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Mike Chirico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 05:53:21AM -0400, Andy Michaels wrote: I included that you've also got to specify to the Linux kernel to use the serial port and to set the baud rate. If I had known that, it would have saved me

Re: [Soekris] Soekris Alternatives

2008-10-11 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], =?ISO-8859-1? Q?Ask_Bj=F8rn_Hansen?= writes: On Oct 9, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Sargun Dhillon wrote: The things which are lacking in the BIOS: -Breaks some bootloaders -Remote flashing support I've been trying to convince Søren to release a tftp bootable version of

Re: [Soekris] Locking down a Soekris

2008-10-11 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
Likely professional services are available, if the price is right :) On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Sargun Dhillon wrote: I have a Net5501, and I'm looking at locking it down (as it'll be leaving my hands). I basically need to prevent anyone from messing with

[Soekris] NetBSD/i386 4_stable dmesg(8)

2008-10-11 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
Available at: http://www.nycbug.org/?NAV=dmesgd;f_dmesg=;f_bsd=;f_nick=;f_descr=;dmesgid=1974#1974 I haven't extensively tested PCI/SATA/USB yet, but all seems rock-steady. ~BAS ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com

[Soekris] Radio Shack K Modular Connector

2008-10-11 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
All: Also, if you forget to order a power supply and don't feel like waiting, the K size modular connector from Radio Shack modular DC power transforms seems to work. They max at 1.5amp/1500mA, but w/o minipci, USB, sata, it doesn't seem to draw the full 3 AMPs Just be prepared to grab your

Re: [Soekris] Radio Shack K Modular Connector

2008-10-11 Thread Darrick Hartman
Brian, I do use the PCI slot in most cases and use the following power supply with good success: http://www.logicsupply.com/products/pw_ac_60w There are many places that sell similar external blocks like that in that same price range. Rat Shack can be helpful in a pinch, but definitely over

Re: [Soekris] Radio Shack K Modular Connector

2008-10-11 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
Nice. Yea -- I wasn't sure if there was an industry standard for DC power connector form factors. JameCo.com is probably the definative source (the website doesn't do it service -- you have to get the printed catalog) ~BAS On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Darrick Hartman wrote: Brian, I do use the