Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 23:53:36 -0700 From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: Chuck TheMascot <freebsdfan@hotmail.com> Cc: aa8vb@nc.rr.com, small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting from Flash Message-ID: <20010919235336.B3647@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <F119Qq12LRF58tP9DLf0000214e@hotmail.com>; from freebsdfan@hotmail.com on Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:13:37PM -0700 References: <F119Qq12LRF58tP9DLf0000214e@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:13:37PM -0700, Chuck TheMascot wrote: >>I own three I-Openers. One is in service with the mother-in-law, >>but the other two are still in un-opened boxes. I bought them with >>the intention of running FreeBSD on them > > You guys are getting me interested in this toy again. I haven't > turned it on months, I just hooked it up again to get the > configuration file. My ideal would be to have a web/ftp server that had all the tools and instructions you would need. I'd be happy to host such a thing at DCF, Inc. So, a person should be able to crack an I-Opener without a screwdriver. Perform the keyboard gymnastics to get to a QNX prompt as it powers up, dial up a PPP connection to the modem sitting on the DCF, Inc. server, download a PicoBSD and the tool to flash it and go. To be a bit more elaborate, you could flash just a kernel and plug some storage into the USB port, and have an almost real computer. > I'm currently building a replacement firewall using a Soekris net4501. I had been using an old 486DX50 running the firewall/NAT/router code from Network Safety (www.safety.net), but replaced it with a Linksys BEFSR11. Works just fine with my Cox@home, but I kinda miss the control I had before. So I too have ordered a net4501. Soren says the yield he's been getting is terrible, and I'm on backorder. Oh, well... -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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