From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 23:52:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A1016A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:52:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from praetor.linc-it.com (adsl-068-157-070-217.sip.jan.bellsouth.net [68.157.70.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 752A943D3F for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:52:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-81-240-202.jan.bellsouth.net [65.81.240.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by praetor.linc-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E76AC155E0; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:52:43 -0600 (CST) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id C753020F94; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:52:41 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:52:41 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Justin Hopper Message-ID: <20040122075241.GZ83922@over-yonder.net> References: <400C0BFF.5070507@pio.dk> <1074753830.1995.9.camel@work.gusalmighty.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1074753830.1995.9.camel@work.gusalmighty.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i-fullermd.1 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD router on a USB flash drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 07:52:47 -0000 On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:43:51PM -0800 I heard the voice of Justin Hopper, and lo! it spake thus: > > It took me a while to find a box with a new enough BIOS to be able > to use the flash drive as a boot option, but I finally found one and > was able to get to the boot loader. This would be the hard part; I've seen relatively few BIOSs that'll boot off USB devices. > However, 128MB didn't seem to be enough space to do a minimum > install so I was not able to install 5.1 on it and boot from it. This part is easy. I build a custom dist (off 4.8, but it could by 4.9 with just a recompile) for Soekris boxes that runs off flash; I use 64 meg flash cards, but it would fit into 16 (just not economical to buy smaller than 64 at the consumer level). And it does everything you'd need out of a router and then some. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"