Re: [Soekris] Net4801 BIOS System Parameters Documentation

2008-08-22 Thread Bill Maas
Hi Lars, take a look at the comBIOS changelog on the "downloads" page at soekris.com: http://www.soekris.com/software/changelog.txt It should contain basic but usable info about new comBIOS features integrated after the manuals were published. Bill On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 10:32 +0300, Lars Nood

Re: [Soekris] List is quiet

2008-08-22 Thread Wilkinson, Alex
0n Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 06:19:34PM -0500, Matt Lawrence wrote: >On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Ronald L. Rosson Jr. wrote: > >> Just checking to see if there are any issues with the mailing list >> since I have not seen any posts in awhile. >> >> Please disregard if this makes i

Re: [Soekris] List is quiet

2008-08-22 Thread Matt Lawrence
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Ronald L. Rosson Jr. wrote: > Just checking to see if there are any issues with the mailing list > since I have not seen any posts in awhile. > > Please disregard if this makes it thru. My net4801 has been mounted to the closet wall and running fine for the last couple of ye

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Marc Balmer
* Lars Noodén wrote: > Marc Balmer wrote: > > * Chris Babcock wrote: > >> Keyspan has a quad-port USB serial adapter. > >> > >> http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa49wg/ > > > > keyspan adapters require firmware to be loaded. check if your OS > > supports them. > > These will be running OpenBSD.

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Marc Balmer wrote: > * Chris Babcock wrote: >> Keyspan has a quad-port USB serial adapter. >> >> http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa49wg/ > > keyspan adapters require firmware to be loaded. check if your OS > supports them. These will be running OpenBSD. I'll keep the Keyspan adapters in mind, b

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Chris Babcock
Marc Balmer wrote: > * Chris Babcock wrote: >> Lars Noodén wrote: >>> Maurice Janssen wrote: On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: > I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards > operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Marc Balmer
* Chris Babcock wrote: > Lars Noodén wrote: > > Maurice Janssen wrote: > >> On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: > >>> I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards > >>> operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual > >>> eth

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Chris Babcock
Lars Noodén wrote: > Maurice Janssen wrote: >> On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: >>> I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards >>> operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual >>> ethernet board. >> Why not use serial

Re: [Soekris] mini-pci serial (was: Two PCI peripherals on one unit?)

2008-08-22 Thread RB
Meh, no reply-to address munging. Sorry for the unicast, Lars. On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:13 AM, RB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:50 AM, Lars Noodén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Since soekris devices have one mini-pci slot, would it be possible then >> to use the regular

Re: [Soekris] Second serial or USB (Was: Two PCI peripherals on one unit?)

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:59:51AM +0300, Lars Nood??n wrote: >> Scaling back, the net5501 has two serial ports, one DB9 external and one >> 10-pins internal. Is it available with two external DB9's? > > you just need to get a cheap flat cable ... longer

Re: [Soekris] Second serial or USB (Was: Two PCI peripherals on one unit?)

2008-08-22 Thread Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only
hey Lars, On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:59:51AM +0300, Lars Nood??n wrote: > Scaling back, the net5501 has two serial ports, one DB9 external and one > 10-pins internal. Is it available with two external DB9's? you just need to get a cheap flat cable like: http://soekris.kd85.com/images/dsc07647.

Re: [Soekris] mini-pci serial (was: Two PCI peripherals on one unit?)

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Since soekris devices have one mini-pci slot, would it be possible then to use the regular PCI for extra ethernet while using the mini-PCI for 2-port RS-232 card? -Lars ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Maurice Janssen
On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:19:24 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: >Maurice Janssen wrote: >> On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: >>> I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards >>> operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Du

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Maurice Janssen wrote: > On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:19:24 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: >> ... Which hardware gives 4 serial ports from 1 USB? > > I'm quite happy with products from Vcsom: > http://www.vscom.de/1_1_09.htm > > But I'm sure there are many other products available. It seems it m

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:31:37AM +0300, Lars Nood??n wrote: >> How about backplanes of some kind? > > you mean split the PCI bus and have 2 connectors? Not sure if that > even works reliable. > > Anyways, you'd need a case as wel to fit everything in

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only
hey, On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:19:24AM +0300, Lars Nood??n wrote: > Maurice Janssen wrote: > > On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Nood??n wrote: > >> I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards > >> operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and o

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only wrote: > hey, > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:55:37AM +0300, Lars Nood??n wrote: >> The idea is to have 1 serial port available for each ethernet port and >> then have one or two left over for other tasks. Is there Soekris >> hardware that can do this? If not can

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Maurice Janssen wrote: > On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: >> I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards >> operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual >> ethernet board. > > Why not use serial ports over USB? That m

[Soekris] Net4801 BIOS System Parameters Documentation

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
I'm looking at a Net4801 and see that there are several BIOS system parameters not listed in the manual [1] section "2.5 BIOS System Parameters" The seem not to be covered elsewhere in the manual. Specifically, ConMute FastBoot BootPartition BootDrive Reset is also missing from § 2.5, but d

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Maurice Janssen
On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: >I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards >operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual >ethernet board. Why not use serial ports over USB? Maurice _

[Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual ethernet board. The idea is to have 1 serial port available for each ethernet port and then have one or two left over for other tasks. Is there Soekris hardware