On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Nick Holland
<n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote:
> Being that I don't suggest that people use mysterious commands they
> get off the Internet without fully understanding how they work,
> here's an alternative way that I think will help
>
> Try this:
>> 10) # insert CF card into a card reader
> ...on a standard PC.
> 11) Boot standard PC off install media (of whatever kind you want)
> 12) Install to the flash drive (probably sd0, but maybe not...), set
> up serial console.
> 13) move install media to production machine
> 14) boot either:
> B 14a) single user mode
> B 15a) fix fstab to point to /dev/wd0 instead of /dev/sd0
> B 16a) fix hostname.* to point to your target machine's NICs
> B or
> B 14b) bsd.rd and do your install natively
> B 15b) grumble about how long it takes to install on a slow machine
> B  B  B and a slow flash drive
> B 16b) realize that fixing hostname* and fstab is really quite simple
>
> (the "b" path is fewer steps listed, but takes longer, and is a
> completely wasted second install)
>
> 17) enjoy.
>

I did exactly this on a ALIX.2D3 board from PCEngines a few months
ago. Took me all of 40 minutes to bring the new SBC from out of the
shipping box to a boot prompt. I would have been done a lot sooner if
I hadn't fastened the motherboard into the case before installing the
CF Card, but hey, I'm a software guy. Hardware confuses me. Since I
have previous experience with windows, I didn't find the new machine
slow at all.

Gerald.

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