Re: Looking for suggestions for small, low power machine

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:35 AM, Jukka Marin <jmarin%embedtronics.fi@localhost> 
wrote:
> 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
>


http://mspo.com/how-to/soekris.html

Those were my notes for the 4801.