Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:33:29 -0700 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net> Cc: mips@freebsd.org, jan.augusta@fifejdy.cz Subject: Re: How to compile and install Freebsd to Routerstation PRO Message-ID: <CACVs6=-evktpiRUFT-wCbwYnhDc2Q8SQhR_UvwTm-S_fpVr_oQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120402003042.c67e423a.ray@ddteam.net> References: <20120401185845.9065dc3f@tchuza> <CACVs6=9%2BJpXvJKeeA0J55nfZQx3d679LArJH22LGUd89q45Cww@mail.gmail.com> <20120402003042.c67e423a.ray@ddteam.net>
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On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 14:30, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net> wrote: > On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:18:09 -0700 > Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> Hi Jan, >> >> Do you want to boot the RS Pro from network, or from NAND? =C2=A0If from >> network, there are probably instructions elsewhere that would be more >> useful, and hopefully someone else knows where to link to (I don't.) >> >> If you want to boot from NAND, things get a little tricky. =C2=A0FreeBSD >> doesn't have usable NAND support yet, so you'll have to boot Linux to >> copy the kernel to NAND flash, and you'll have to erase NAND from the >> bootloader before doing that otherwise Linux may place the FreeBSD >> kernel outside of the range that RouterBOOT is willing to read from. >> Also, you kernel has to be under 4MB big for the same reason. > > IIRC RSPro have 16M of NOR flash (cfi driver), not NAND :) Yes, you should ignore me. I had a massive brain-related failure. My answers were about RB450G, the original question was about RS Pro. Sorry for the noise =E2=80=94 that's what I get for using both :) Someone else can say how to setup RS Pro. Luckily lots of people have those and it sucks a lot less :)
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