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I just got two Soekris NET4801 units. Have not had time to power them up yet. They had been purchased in Jan 05 with I assume was the current version of Wolverine on them. Not much documentation on them over at Soekris that was useful(at least to me).
Can they run a current version of Coyote Linux? If so, how do I load it on the units?
One quick question about Coyote Linux, I had built a box using openSuSE and IPTables to support a DSL connection with two subnets. I liked the flexibility of it and would like to implement that on one of these Soekris units.
I would also like to figure out how to load the latest Wolverine code on the other to play with.
Thanks,
Lyle Giese
LCR Computer Services, Inc.
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To load any of the Soekris models I netboot them from the bios monitor prompt using a set of hodge-podge scripts... I don't really have a clean way of doing this at the moment.
Loading OpenSuse or CentOS might be easier at this point if you have a large enough storage unit in them. The 4801 has a standard CF slot that you can load a 4 or 8GB card into. There is also a connection to attach a 2.5" hard drive - although you would need to order the hard drive mounting bracket from them.
I am using one of the net5501 units for development and testing. Unfortunately, they have discontinued the 4801... I still have 80 or so custom painted cases without motherboards.
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