Embedded vs other kernels on firebox
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Hi there…that's what I did. I had the embedded kernel booted on a HD in the firebox. But when I found out about the possibility of some packages not working on the embedded kernel I wanted to install the non-embedded one....so I am still stumped....ldz
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You may instead want to look at the Nano builds, which support some packages and use the serial console.
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ok now have to hunt those up :-)
thanks
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by chance are the nano builds on the live ISO? I'm not at home but at work so can't check.
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Unless you know for sure that there are packages you are missing, why do you want to change anything? I just looked over one running the embedded kernel as I mentioned in the previous post and it looks like the same packages are available as another box running the standard SMP kernel.
The nanobsd builds are separate files in the same area you download the livecd.
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I guess I'm not real clear? On the current 1.2.3 embedded vs. others; a friend of mine said the embedded is limited in what packages it can use???
There's a big difference between the embedded version, and the embedded kernel on a full install. The latter is no different from any other kernel as far as functionality. The former is a different version intended for CF and due to the limits of CF has limits on packages.
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right I understand that. So what I am trying to ascertain is how to get my firebox with a HDD installed as there is only a serial console avail and I want everything avail to me. I assumed wrong that if I install a FULL install image that the serial console is still active during boot.
So what's the correct procedure to do this? Also, I checked out the nanos it seems there is no ISO for it just the OS?
Thanks leon
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Nano is a disk image, designed for use on the relevant sized (flash) disk.
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ok so that doesnt seem to be an option….:-(
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So, take a look at the advice that focalguy posted.
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There's also nothing stopping you from writing a NanoBSD image to a regular disk of course. So it is still an option, but you won't be able to partition the system to use the whole disk (there's no need to either).
