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.