Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:21:14 -0500 From: Mark Shroyer <subscriber+freebsd@markshroyer.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing Home Router With PC Message-ID: <4B9ABE5A.7090000@markshroyer.com> In-Reply-To: <d74eb87c1003121139j3eabfccam48572c2c098cc4ef@mail.gmail.com> References: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC570123208B760@mail.ucwv.edu> <44ocivszcb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <4B99D335.8010800@markshroyer.com> <d74eb87c1003120305l2c60f203w3b58ae677721f867@mail.gmail.com> <560f92641003121026j785eabb2h9d6bcee0753cfeb0@mail.gmail.com> <d74eb87c1003121139j3eabfccam48572c2c098cc4ef@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/12/2010 2:39 PM, C. P. Ghost wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Yep! Geode-based boxes are great. The ALIX boards are looking like >>> Soekris gear, which I'm very happy with (of course running FreeBSD): >>> >>> http://www.soekris.com/net5501.htm >> >> Is there a nice guide that explains how to install FreeBSD onto a >> headless system (such as one of these small devices) via serial port? > > Basically, you have two options: > > [...] > > 2. Install FreeBSD on a HDD or CF from a working computer, then move > the disk/card to the embedded device. A slight variant of this, which I used to get OpenBSD on my Alix board, is to boot the installer in VMware Workstation with your CF card connected as a VMware physical disk. This makes it easy to get up and running if all you have is a USB CF adapter, because within VMware FreeBSD will see it as a SCSI disk. Plus you get to save a CD-R/DVD-R by mounting the installer ISO in VMware without burning it to disc :) So don't worry, installing FreeBSD or OpenBSD in this manner is super easy; it's basically the same as any other installation, just with the added step of setting up the serial console at the very end. -- Mark Shroyer http://markshroyer.com/contact/
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