[Soekris] Performance testing...

2008-11-21 Thread Andy Michaels
Hi everyone. Over the years, there has been much talk about network performance of various Soekris models. I think it might be interesting to post some standardized results based on agreed-upon metrics and test cases. I currently have access to layer 2-3 and layer 4-7 test gear. if we can

[Soekris] Lexar CF 8Gb 300x UDMA

2008-11-21 Thread Roberto Fichera
Hi All on the list, I'm trying to get working a Lexar CF 8Gb 300x UDMA using a net5501-70. ComBIOS v1.33 reports the CF as below, but only a after issue a reboot command from the ComBIOS prompt: Pri Mas LEXAR ATA FLASH CARDLBA Xlt 972-255-63 7815 Mbyte Below there are my settings

Re: [Soekris] Performance testing...

2008-11-21 Thread RB
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:53, Andy Michaels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone. Over the years, there has been much talk about network performance of various Soekris models. I think it might be interesting to post some standardized results based on agreed-upon metrics and test cases.

Re: [Soekris] vpn1401/1411: Latest stable HIFN 795x Linux driver

2008-11-21 Thread Andreas Gerlich
Hello, the driver is not yet ready. It produced a kernel panic error. I will send it to the developer and I will post here when the driver is ready. Regards Andreas Andreas Gerlich wrote: Hello, I'am in contact with the developer of the HIFN 795x driver for Linux, Mr. Evgeniy Polyakov.

Re: [Soekris] Installing Debian Linux from a CD

2008-11-21 Thread Bill Maas
On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 23:35 +0100, Bill Maas wrote: Hi Robin, for the really desperate there is yet another escape, which I've tried with floppies with success, but never with a CF card: - dd a kernel onto the boot device starting at sector 0 - dd an initrd image right after it using the

Re: [Soekris] Installing Debian Linux from a CD

2008-11-21 Thread JF Straeten
Robin, On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 09:04:42PM +0100, Robin Kipp wrote: Hi Bill, Good idea... The only problem is I don't have a Linux system I could use to copy Debian on the CF card :-( Just another idea : would it be usefull to make available for you, by FTP for example, an image of an

Re: [Soekris] Installing Debian Linux from a CD

2008-11-21 Thread Robin Kipp
Hi Bill, that's an interesting idea, hehe... :-) The only problem is this also requires a running Linux I could use to copy the kernel onto the CF card which I don't have :-( Robin ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com

Re: [Soekris] FreeBSD on Geode

2008-11-21 Thread Jed Clear
On Wed Nov 19 16:47 , PatrickLamaizière sent: Le Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:26:43 +0100, Matthias Luft [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : And this is exactly what I'm planning to do: building a small homeserver on a Geode LX. So my main concern is about the performance: Could anyone tell me the, how much