Re: [9fans] standalone authserver on CF card

2008-04-15 Thread Matthias Teege
me this last weekend. For low volume you might want to stick to 4801's, although they are getting harder to find. If you need a 5501 you might want to wait for the next BIOS upgrade. I have both systems in stock so I can try. Thanks for that hint. I have the CF booting problem on the 5501

Re: [9fans] standalone authserver on CF card

2008-04-14 Thread Matthias Teege
yes. it works fine. however, if you have an internet-facing network What is the best setup method? Because the soekris box hasn't a video output I have to use a serial console. I think of booting the box via pxe and running replica/pull. Or is it better to put the cf card in another box and

Re: [9fans] standalone authserver on CF card

2008-04-14 Thread erik quanstrom
this really helps us. i know that steve has a list of bad ftp users to reject out-of-hand, but this exponential backoff keeps the bad guys from bothering our auth server enough to notice. we still get quite a few connections, though - erik /n/sources/plan9//sys/src/cmd/ip/ftpd.c:519,524 -

Re: [9fans] standalone authserver on CF card

2008-04-14 Thread erik quanstrom
What is the best setup method? Because the soekris box hasn't a video output I have to use a serial console. I think of booting the box via pxe and running replica/pull. Or is it better to put the cf card in another box and set it up there? that really depends. the fundamental decision is

Re: [9fans] standalone authserver on CF card

2008-04-14 Thread erik quanstrom
Moin, I have to upgrade parts of my Plan 9 system. I'm thinking of using a soekris 5501 or 48xx as my authentication server. It would be nice to use a CF Card for storage but I'm not sure about the read/write cycles. Does anyone run a Plan 9 server on a system without rotating parts?

Re: [9fans] standalone authserver on CF card

2008-04-14 Thread John Stalker
What is the best setup method? Because the soekris box hasn't a video output I have to use a serial console. I think of booting the box via pxe and running replica/pull. Or is it better to put the cf card in another box and set it up there? In general I've found pxe to work well. One word