Apples & oranges I believe, this *might* be why:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Desktop> file pix706.bin bsd.rd floppy40.fs
pix706.bin: x86 boot sector
bsd.rd: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
(SYSV), statically linked, not stripped
floppy40.fs: x86 boot sector
/Pete
On 13. nov. 2006, at 16.06, Jason George wrote:
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>