Re: [Soekris] Writing a BIOS config from cmd line

2009-10-21 Thread Jed Clear
Have you considered simply "set bootdrive=F0 80" and then just control the boot from the boot server? You'd just need some way for the boot server to selectively ignore boot requests from the soekris box when you want the soekris to boot from its own drive. But since that server is presumabl

Re: [Soekris] Tcl hate, was: Writing a BIOS config from cmd line

2009-10-21 Thread Andy Michaels
Off-topic, but why all the hatred for Tcl? -a Tcl hacker *sniff* On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Bill Maas wrote: > Hi Graham, > > how about using different machines for different purposes? As an > alternative to "burning a few boards for the sake of the experiment" or > "having pairs of boxes

Re: [Soekris] Writing a BIOS config from cmd line

2009-10-21 Thread Bill Maas
Hi Graham, how about using different machines for different purposes? As an alternative to "burning a few boards for the sake of the experiment" or "having pairs of boxes configuring each other". Not really sure what you're planning to accomplish.. By the way, 'expect' is The Horror as some of th

Re: [Soekris] FreeBSD 7.2 on net4801

2009-10-21 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 02:28 PM 10/21/2009, Ted Sun wrote: >I am trying to run FreeBSD 7.2 on the net4801 or the net5501. >All I need is a kernel that has a serial console to talk. >The compact flash I have is a Kingston 256MB. >So the kernel image can not be too big. >If some one has a kernel configuration file for t

[Soekris] FreeBSD 7.2 on net4801

2009-10-21 Thread Ted Sun
I am trying to run FreeBSD 7.2 on the net4801 or the net5501. All I need is a kernel that has a serial console to talk. The compact flash I have is a Kingston 256MB. So the kernel image can not be too big. If some one has a kernel configuration file for this. Please post it for me. Thank you.

Re: [Soekris] Writing a BIOS config from cmd line

2009-10-21 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2009-10-20 20:45:57 -0500, chad brabec wrote: > i've been looking at the expect book lately for a project for work. > you could make this work pretty easily with a laptop that is hooked up > to the com of the soekris box. you would need minicom and the cable. You would also need a person to ge