>most PIX boxes are i386 based. IIRC I've booted bsd.rd on them in the >past, nothing special except flash boot. > >pix515e# sh ver >... >Hardware: PIX-515E, 64 MB RAM, CPU Pentium II 433 MHz >Flash E28F128J3 @ 0xfff00000, 16MB >BIOS Flash AM29F400B @ 0xfffd8000, 32KB >... >0: Ext: Ethernet0 : address is 0012.00e1.cd67, irq 10 >1: Ext: Ethernet1 : address is 0012.00e1.cd68, irq 11 >2: Ext: Ethernet2 : address is 000e.0c59.bd1a, irq 11 >... >Interface Ethernet0 "outside", is up, line protocol is up > Hardware is i82559, BW 100 Mbps > Auto-Duplex(Full-duplex), Auto-Speed(100 Mbps) >... > >they usually even come with a (non functioning under PIXOS) USB port >too.
I grabbed an old PIX 501 off the shelf... no such luck booting a standard i386 ramdisk image. CISCO SYSTEMS PIX-501 Embedded BIOS Version 4.3.200 07/31/01 15:58:22.08 Compiled by morlee 16 MB RAM PCI Device Table. Bus Dev Func VendID DevID Class Irq 00 00 00 1022 3000 Host Bridge 00 11 00 8086 1209 Ethernet 9 00 12 00 8086 1209 Ethernet 10 Cisco Secure PIX Firewall BIOS (4.2) #6: Mon Aug 27 15:09:54 PDT 2001 Platform PIX-501 Flash=E28F640J3 @ 0x3000000 Use BREAK or ESC to interrupt flash boot. Use SPACE to begin flash boot immediately. Flash boot interrupted. 0: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:17 irq:9 ) 1: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:18 irq:10) Using 1: i82557 @ PCI(bus:0 dev:18 irq:10), MAC: 0011.935f.08c6 Use ? for help. monitor> addr 192.168.4.234 address 192.168.4.234 monitor> server 192.168.4.3 server 192.168.4.3 monitor> file bsd.rd file bsd.rd monitor> ping 192.168.4.3 Sending 5, 100-byte 0xc3f8 ICMP Echoes to 192.168.4.3, timeout is 4 seconds: !!!!! Success rate is 100 percent (5/5) monitor> tftp tftp [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] .................................................................... Received 4938658 bytes Bad magic number (0xab00450) monitor>
