Looks like slideshare changed the quality of the images in the PDF, making them hard to read. I've thus uploaded a copy of the PDF to my public folder on Dropbox. Here's the URL:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48937776/soekris6501-notes.pdf On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Robert Guerra <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I've managed to successfully get pfSense installed, configured and running > on a Soekris 6501. > > It took a while to collect all the required information needed, but the > device is now up and running :) > > I haven't yet written up a proper blog post to describe the setup, however > I have put together a collection of a draft set of notes, tips and > references that might be useful to others. The PDF document is available at > the following URL. > > Do feel free to send in any comments, suggestions and/or questions. > > http://www.slideshare.net/robertguerra/soekris6501-notes > > > regards > > Robert > > -- > R. Guerra > Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 > Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom > Email: [email protected] > > On 2012-01-25, at 8:42 PM, Jim Pingle wrote: > > On 1/23/2012 2:33 PM, David Miller wrote: > > On 1/23/12 1:52 PM, Jim Pingle wrote: > > Can memsticks be used as the flash drive to run a pfsense instance on a > > soekris, or do I need to use that to install to another type of flash on > > the system? > > > Yes, but you should really be using NanoBSD if you choose that path. > > Flash is way too short-lived to survive long with a full install for > > extended periods. > > > Whiteboard level overview: Is there an easy way to install the nano image > on the internal flash card in a soekris? I don't have the right pieces to > dd to the internal flash outside of the soekris; Can I boot off the > memstick and scp a nano image onto flash? > > > You can boot the serial memstick (I updated it today for a customer so > it's actually even more geared toward running on the 6501), let it boot > all the way so it's on the network, then fetch the nanobsd image and > write it out from there (may take some fiddling, don't have the syntax > handy) > > The serial memstick is now also set to still use the serial console > post-install, and it also defaults to em0 for wan, em1 for lan. Still > best to pick the embedded kernel during install. It's still SMP-capable, > but also set for the serial console. > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > >
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