Thanks Lonnie. Yep was aware of removing the 70-persistent-net.rules when changing hardware (and VM’s too in some cases).
Yes I will likely use NVMe but the USB did seem attractive. You could build a few of them in advance and just plug them into whatever hardware you happen to use. Do you think I could write a script that checks the NIC MAC’s on bootup and automatically regenerates 70-persistent-net.rules if they are different? Regards Michael Knill From: Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> Date: Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 6:03 am To: AstLinux Users Mailing List <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] New Protectli hardware A reminder, whenever switching an AstLinux drive from box to box, be-it SATA, NVMe or USB, be sure to remove the file: -- /mnt/asturw/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules -- before shutdown, then when paced into the new box it will be auto-generated from the new box NIC MACs. BTW, I tested an AstLinux box with only a "SAMSUNG FIT Plus 3.1 USB Flash Drive, 128GB" as storage. It worked as expected, about as fast as a M.2 SATA drive. While running, I removed the USB drive and re-inserted it, while a reboot was needed to recover, no data loss was detected. All in all, I would recommend an NVMe drive with the "V1210 – 2 Port Intel® N5105" over a USB drive. (AstLinux 1.5.10) Lonnie > On May 5, 2025, at 8:34 PM, Michael Knill <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> > wrote: > > Thanks Lonnie for the info. Yes I was aware Netgate had some eMMC issues. > Interesting concept using a USB Flash drive for storage. This could be quite > handy for field hardware replacement e.g. just move across the drive to the > new hardware. > Regards > Michael Knill > From: Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> > Date: Monday, 5 May 2025 at 12:46 pm > To: AstLinux Users Mailing List <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] New Protectli hardware > Hi Michael, > > In mid-2020 I purchased a "Protectli FW4B CPU J3160 NIC x4" with Coreboot, > and it worked with AstLinux out of the box. > > The "V1210 – 2 Port Intel® N5105" should work (test to be sure) with the just > released AstLinux 1.5.10 as it uses M.2 NVMe. > > AstLinux does not support eMMC storage (kernel CONFIG_MMC disabled). > Supporting eMMC has been discussed, but being non-removable, slowish and > typically of poor quality, it was never a production solution in my mind. [1] > > I recently purchased a "Silicon Power 128GB NVMe M.2" for $19 USD, a far > better choice than non-removable eMMC. > > Even quality (stubby) USB storage "SAMSUNG FIT Plus 3.1 USB Flash Drive, > 128GB" is $15 USD would be better than eMMC ... this would work with > pre-1.5.10 AstLinux. With some caveats [2]. > > Lonnie > > [1] I have read where some Netgate appliances stopped booting because after a > couple years the eMMC failed. > > [2] https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:boot-usb-storage > > > > > On May 4, 2025, at 7:59 PM, Michael Knill > > <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote: > > > > Hi All > > There is new Protecli hardware (https://protectli.com/product/v1210/) > > which I was wondering if it was compatible with Astlinux? I would be > > wanting to use the onboard 32G eMMC. > > Regards > > Michael Knill > > Managing Director > > D: +61 2 6189 1360 > > P: +61 2 6140 4656 > > E: michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au > > W: ipcsolutions.com.au > > <image001.png>Smarter Business Communications > > _______________________________________________ > > Astlinux-users mailing list > > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > > pay...@krisk.org. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
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