Ed, I would go with flashrd since OpenSoekris has not been updated since circa 2004. OpenSoekris only exists as a history of what has been done in the past.
-Ron -- Ron Rosson r...@oneinsane.org On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Ed Flecko wrote: > Hi folks, > As I look at the various ways of setting up my 4501, some of you > (thank you!) pointed me to the flashrd website. > > I'm trying to "wrap my head around": > > 1.) What's the difference between the OpenSoekris and flashrd? > > I "think" they're basically just scripts that you run on an existing > OpenBSD install to create an image that can then be written to your > CF, is that right? I found the following instructions at: > http://www.nmedia.net/flashrd/install.html > > cd ~ > tar xzf flashrd-YYYYMMDD.tar.gz > cd flashrd-YYYYMMDD > ./flashrd -disk sd2 /tmp/openbsd > ./cfgflashrd -disk sd2 -rdroot szez-ARCH.DATE > > 2.) Am I right so far? > > Once you've written the image to your CF, you just plug it back into > your Soekris (I'm guessing), but how do you actually configure the > Soekris (i.e., set up NIC interfaces, configure PF, etc.)? > > 3.) Do you, somehow, configure your image in advance of writing it to > the CF or you do that after you've written it to the flash??? > > I'm confused about this process, so if someone could shed a little > light on the steps that need to be taken, that would be great! > > Thank you, > Ed > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
