Re: Looking for suggestions for small, low power machine

[Jason Mitchell <jmitchel%bigjar.com@localhost>]

On 05/25/2011 01:11 AM, Jukka Marin wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 05:36:05PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> > I've been reasonably happy with Soekris 4511 and 5501 boxes for light network 
> > router/firewall/proxy/dhcpd roles:
> >
> >    http://soekris.com/products/net5501.html
> >
> > ...and they worked well with NetBSD 3.x&  4.x.  They're completely silent (if 
> > using CF cards), and run
> Is it easy to install NetBSD on these?  I think there were some quirks when
> we were using older Soekris boards (many) years ago.
>
> Wish I had the time to try porting NetBSD to AT91SAM9G20 (we have some hw
> for that, but I don't like running linux on it).
>
>    -jm
The Net5501 runs NetBSD well, except for the A20 issue in the boot 
loader that causes a 120 second delay on boot. Here's the bug report:

http://gnats.netbsd.org/39726

Hacking the boot loader to remove the offending code removes the delay 
and works reliably for many people. The Soekris mailing list archives 
has more info.

Jason M.