Thanks a lot for the information, Bao ;) Regards, Jonathan
On 4/23/06, Bao C. Ha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > The image for the ad0 is for anybody who want to run CF on a regular > PC, with a CF-to-IDE adapter. We don't have any products that use > these images. > > The USB flash drive image, for the da0, is just for testing. Any > PC that can boot from a USB drive should be able to these images, > inluding ours. We build flash drives that have Ipcop, pfSense > and M0n0wall on the same drive, for testing od our boxes. > > The only images that we do use are for the ad2 drive, secondary > IDE drive. These are also useful for people who have the Lex > Light systems. > > We build these images using the Grub boot loader, instead of > the FreeBSD boot loader. In our experience, grub is more stable > and reliable for booting from compact flash. > > As far as benchmarking, I am not sure what you are looking for. > > As for questions on operations, I do think one class of our > products, the 1U racks can support 24x7 remote operations. It > does not have a fail-over second power supply, though. The > "bricks" won't support these remote operations because they > are designed for office environments. Many of them are fanless, > which may suffer from overheating if placed to field operations. > > On another note, we are more of a Linux shop, than FreeBSD. If > you note carefully on our web site, we only support m0n0wall > on some of our products, not pfSense. > > Sincerely. > Bao > > On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 07:17:36PM +0200, jonathan gonzalez wrote: > > Hi Bao, > > > > if i understand fine your post i see you are telling the group you sell > > specialized "bricks" and you're posting the images for them. > > > > I think they are awesome but you don't have availabe a comparision > > between and also no refer to benchmarking. > > > > Why i tell this. Let me explain: i have 8 boxes running in parallel and > > i need to be sure that they support to be up and running in a 24x7x365 > > basis because some of them are 500 km far from my city and they are > > giving support to an ISP. Do you think your boxes are prepared to > > support this hard life? > > > > Thanks a lot. > > Regards, > > > > Jonathan > > > > Bao C. Ha wrote: > > >Hello, > > > > > >I have put pfSense images on CF for from the pc hardware with > > >a CF-IDE adapter, our Hacom/Lex hardware or the USB flash drive, > > >using grub as the boot loader. > > > > > >These images in the past can be upgraded with the "emrbedded" > > >updates. However, for Beta 3, there is no embedded update > > >image for "embedded" platform, of which these hardware are > > >pretend to be. > > > > > >1. IBM PC-compatible hardware (CF-IDE primary master). They > > >should be used if you put the compactflash on the CF-IDE > > >adapter on the primary IDE master. I have just built but not > > >tested these, since I don't have the hardware here. > > > > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-128-ad0.img.gz > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-256-ad0.img.gz > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-512-ad0.img.gz > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-1gb-ad0.img.gz > > > > > >2. For Hacom/Lex hardware which boot the CF from the secondary master > > >drive. > > > > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-128-ad2.img.gz > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-256-ad2.img.gz > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-512-ad2.img.gz > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-1gb-ad2.img.gz > > > > > >3. For USB flash drive, > > > > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-128-da0.img.gz > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-256-da0.img.gz > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-512-da0.img.gz > > >http://shopping.hacom.net/catalog/pub/pfsense/pfSense-1.0-BETA3-1gb-da0.img.gz > > > > > >To install them, just do > > >zcat pfSense-1.0-BETA3-256-ad0.img.gz | dd of=/dev/da0 bs=16k > > > > > >Just let me know if there are problems. > > > > > >Thanks. > > >Bao > > > > -- > Best Regards. > Bao C. Ha > Hacom OpenBrick Distributor USA http://www.hacom.net > voice: (714) 530-8817 fax: (714) 530-8818 > 8D66 6672 7A9B 6879 85CD 42E0 9F6C 7908 ED95 6B38 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- si secretum tibi sit, tege illud, vel revela --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
