Re: Looking for suggestions for small, low power machine

[Jukka Marin <jmarin%embedtronics.fi@localhost>]

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 08:11:07AM +0300, 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.

I got a 5501 box now - with zero documentation.  How do I make it boot from
a CF card?  I installed NetBSD 5.1 on a CF, and did installboot but 5501 does
not boot from the card ("No Boot device available, enter monitor.").

Thanks.

  -jm