Re: remaining goal.. .
On 04/06/11 02:37, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 07:21:13PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote: --As of April 5, 2011 11:05:19 AM -0700, Gary Kline is alleged to have said: It is a Alix 601 board with 1G of CF flash. But according to my hardware friend, it will take a CF burner of some kind. --As for the rest, it is mine. I'm going to assume you mean the Alix 6e1, which is the closest I can find in their numbering system. 6E1, yes. Sorry; it was last December. My friend was going to drop by , but cancelled and was back in school before he remembered. It's got a standard CF adaptor. (*All* the Alix's do.) If there's a card in it, pull it off and insert into any CF reader, and it should work fine. (USB-based ones typically sell for $20, including SD, XD, MMC, Memorystick, and probably a few others as well. Check Best Buy, or your local computer hardware store, or possibly a camera store.) Then follow Arthur's advice. The CF card may be a little awkward to pull off. If the card that's in there is some special card that needs some exotic burner... When you are at the computer store spend another $5 or so and get yourself a new card. I asked the pfSense forum if I had enough memory and they said yes. Wghat I've got should be fine assuming that everything is put together correctly. My physical disabilities limit what i can do myself--that's the catch; it is why I have to ask favors. I'll save your mail just in case my friend gets off-track for some reason. Shouldn't. It is how he is putting himself thru college this time. ---What I want is to be drawing as few watts as _possible_. Especially since I have two tower cases going 24*7. Plus the firewall Beast. :: be nice to get down to some min footprint and get that much further into the green-zone! Alix boards are quite sufficient for home use. My 2d3 shows a memory usage of 28% and CPU usage usually in the range 2-20% depending on what's going through it at the time. I put a power meter on it and it takes 5W - some of my network switches take more than that. Just make sure you get an image that's the right size for your CF card, uncompress it and dd it onto the CF card. If your case for the Alix is like mine, make sure you put the CF card into the adaptor *before* you put the motherboard into the case, because you won't get it in afterwards. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: remaining goal.. .
On 04/05/11 00:39, Gary Kline wrote: On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 03:39:19PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Gary Klinekl...@thought.org wrote: simply that i'm looking for somebody who know how to transfer pfsense from a standalone system to this kit. I would suggest using Diagnostics/Backup/restore on the current system to save a copy of the configuration in a .xml file. Done. in fact i have two copies. Then install pfSense on the new machine by whatever means are available -- I think the current two options are bootable CD-R and bootable USB stick, but there may be others for embedded systems -- I'm not familiar with those. That is axactly my problem. This is a tiny 4watt kit type deal, all solid state with with memory that requires some special kind of burner. [I have the latest pfSense tarball and my .xml restore/update file. ... so, software side, i'm all set.] I use pfSense, but my system (based on an Alix 2D3 board) has a compact flash drive, so I simply dd the disk image onto the CF card on my normal FBSD box, and plug it into the Alix, which is the usual way of deploying embedded pfSense. What hardware are you using? Does it have any CF or SD card capability, or maybe a USB port? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: remaining goal.. .
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:42:33AM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: On 04/05/11 00:39, Gary Kline wrote: On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 03:39:19PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Gary Klinekl...@thought.org wrote: simply that i'm looking for somebody who know how to transfer pfsense from a standalone system to this kit. I would suggest using Diagnostics/Backup/restore on the current system to save a copy of the configuration in a .xml file. Done. in fact i have two copies. Then install pfSense on the new machine by whatever means are available -- I think the current two options are bootable CD-R and bootable USB stick, but there may be others for embedded systems -- I'm not familiar with those. That is axactly my problem. This is a tiny 4watt kit type deal, all solid state with with memory that requires some special kind of burner. [I have the latest pfSense tarball and my .xml restore/update file. ... so, software side, i'm all set.] I use pfSense, but my system (based on an Alix 2D3 board) has a compact flash drive, so I simply dd the disk image onto the CF card on my normal FBSD box, and plug it into the Alix, which is the usual way of deploying embedded pfSense. What hardware are you using? Does it have any CF or SD card capability, or maybe a USB port? It is a Alix 601 board with 1G of CF flash. But according to my hardware friend, it will take a CF burner of some kind. I'm sure the kit has the right ports and I have the right sized pfSense image for me , it's messing with plugging things together and figuring out which cables go where. That's where i'm in the dark. ...be nice if i could do without theis burner... -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: remaining goal.. .
--As of April 5, 2011 11:05:19 AM -0700, Gary Kline is alleged to have said: It is a Alix 601 board with 1G of CF flash. But according to my hardware friend, it will take a CF burner of some kind. --As for the rest, it is mine. I'm going to assume you mean the Alix 6e1, which is the closest I can find in their numbering system. It's got a standard CF adaptor. (*All* the Alix's do.) If there's a card in it, pull it off and insert into any CF reader, and it should work fine. (USB-based ones typically sell for $20, including SD, XD, MMC, Memorystick, and probably a few others as well. Check Best Buy, or your local computer hardware store, or possibly a camera store.) Then follow Arthur's advice. The CF card may be a little awkward to pull off. If the card that's in there is some special card that needs some exotic burner... When you are at the computer store spend another $5 or so and get yourself a new card. Daniel T. Staal --- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: remaining goal.. .
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 07:21:13PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote: --As of April 5, 2011 11:05:19 AM -0700, Gary Kline is alleged to have said: It is a Alix 601 board with 1G of CF flash. But according to my hardware friend, it will take a CF burner of some kind. --As for the rest, it is mine. I'm going to assume you mean the Alix 6e1, which is the closest I can find in their numbering system. 6E1, yes. Sorry; it was last December. My friend was going to drop by , but cancelled and was back in school before he remembered. It's got a standard CF adaptor. (*All* the Alix's do.) If there's a card in it, pull it off and insert into any CF reader, and it should work fine. (USB-based ones typically sell for $20, including SD, XD, MMC, Memorystick, and probably a few others as well. Check Best Buy, or your local computer hardware store, or possibly a camera store.) Then follow Arthur's advice. The CF card may be a little awkward to pull off. If the card that's in there is some special card that needs some exotic burner... When you are at the computer store spend another $5 or so and get yourself a new card. I asked the pfSense forum if I had enough memory and they said yes. Wghat I've got should be fine assuming that everything is put together correctly. My physical disabilities limit what i can do myself--that's the catch; it is why I have to ask favors. I'll save your mail just in case my friend gets off-track for some reason. Shouldn't. It is how he is putting himself thru college this time. ---What I want is to be drawing as few watts as _possible_. Especially since I have two tower cases going 24*7. Plus the firewall Beast. :: be nice to get down to some min footprint and get that much further into the green-zone! -g Daniel T. Staal --- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --- -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: remaining goal.. .
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: simply that i'm looking for somebody who know how to transfer pfsense from a standalone system to this kit. I would suggest using Diagnostics/Backup/restore on the current system to save a copy of the configuration in a .xml file. Then install pfSense on the new machine by whatever means are available -- I think the current two options are bootable CD-R and bootable USB stick, but there may be others for embedded systems -- I'm not familiar with those. Once pfSense is installed and running, you can use your .xml file to upload the new configuration to it, again via Backup/Restore. Hope this helps. If you need more detailed help I suggest checking out the forums on pfsense.org. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: remaining goal.. .
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 03:39:19PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: simply that i'm looking for somebody who know how to transfer pfsense from a standalone system to this kit. I would suggest using Diagnostics/Backup/restore on the current system to save a copy of the configuration in a .xml file. Done. in fact i have two copies. Then install pfSense on the new machine by whatever means are available -- I think the current two options are bootable CD-R and bootable USB stick, but there may be others for embedded systems -- I'm not familiar with those. That is axactly my problem. This is a tiny 4watt kit type deal, all solid state with with memory that requires some special kind of burner. [I have the latest pfSense tarball and my .xml restore/update file. ... so, software side, i'm all set.] Once pfSense is installed and running, you can use your .xml file to upload the new configuration to it, again via Backup/Restore. Hope this helps. If you need more detailed help I suggest checking out the forums on pfsense.org. I _may_ have found somebody in the metro area who may find the time. He says it's not a matter of $$$, but I'll stuff it in his shoes if i have to. If this guy doesn't come thru, then it is back to the pfsense forum. -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
remaining goal.. .
excuse the lowercase but my shoulder really is damaged beyond repair. --last tuesday my new modem =quit= and my even newer wheelchair motor [right wheel] =quit=. --i'll spare the details about getting a tech here because it would fill at least 5 pages. dunno when the shop will get me a loaner; at least 12 da for the new motor. [[the modem is from china; no idea about the motor. but you can guess my opinion of such manufacturers]] okay: last november i had trouble getting my dns to work upon reboot. the msg was only to stdout and mumbled something about how /etc/namedb/named.conf could not be found. i am using scripts i cobbled together to even be able to ping anyone. essentially kill -9 the old named pid; and another to run a new instantiation of named. i've got ==everything== on my ups. display, modem, three servers. so it will be months++ before i have to reboot. ---well unless the big-one hits seattle i just upgraded my 7.3 i386 last october. if i upgrade to 7.4 should this named fault go away. i pretty much do leave my server alone, but it is time get on the stick. i'm sure that i bragged about all the ways i've dived into saving energy. reducing my carbon footprint. my one remaining 1998 hp kayak that sucks 100+ watts/hour can be replaced by the dedicated processor and 1.0gig of memory. this kit draw 4watt/hour. i have zero knowledge about howto replace the kayak with this kit ... but since it is my last energy-saving goal, i'm willing to pay whatever it costs somebody in the metro seattle area to do it. i do have some kind of .xml file to upgrade the configuration. given that, i figure my computers should hum along until solid state drives are worth buying. 3, 5 years... i asked the seattle group of linux users if somebody could help me transfer pfsense from computer to this kit; they pointed out that pfsense was a bsd invention tia, for any help. -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org ethic Coming soon to http://transfinite.thought.org: On_Suicide ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: remaining goal.. .
On 2 April 2011 22:43, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: i asked the seattle group of linux users if somebody could help me transfer pfsense from computer to this kit; they pointed out that pfsense was a bsd invention Given your heart-felt woe is me crap, I can't separate the wheat from the chaff, so what is your problem? David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: remaining goal.. .
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 11:35:45PM +0100, David Chanters wrote: On 2 April 2011 22:43, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: i asked the seattle group of linux users if somebody could help me transfer pfsense from computer to this kit; they pointed out that pfsense was a bsd invention Given your heart-felt woe is me crap, I can't separate the wheat from the chaff, so what is your problem? David simply that i'm looking for somebody who know how to transfer pfsense from a standalone system to this kit. gary ps: i had a few kayaks; one was my server for over 5 years. it was faulting as i transfered stuff to my '09 dell.like to xtransfer the firewall before the disk melts. -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org ethic Coming soon to http://transfinite.thought.org: On_Suicide ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
