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+# Soekris net6051 Notes
+
+http://soekris.com/products/net6501.html
+
+Intel 82574L gigabit ethernet controller
+
+Firmware updates: http://soekris.com/downloads.html
+
+Boot drives:
+
+0x80 = primary drive
+0x81 = secondary drive
+0x82 = tertiary drive
+0x83 = quaternary drive
+0x84 = quinary drive (etc.)
+0xF0 = PXE boot (netboot)
+0xFF = stop and go to comBIOS prompt
+
+1. SATA Port 0 (J1)
+2. SATA Port 1 (J2)
+3. PCI Express connector (J3)
+4. PCI Express riser (J4)
+5. mSATA 0 socket (J5)
+6. mSATA 1 socket (J6)
+7. external USB connector (JP3)
+8. internal USB connector (JP5)
+
+
+Ethernet chipset is Intel 82574L, using e1000e driver on linux (not e1000).
+
+miniPCIe WiFi card I have is the Intel 4965AGN.
+
+Kernel needs ext2 and SATA ACPHI (?) support at boot time to load root
+filesystem.
+
+### OpenWRT installation
+
+http://wiki.openwrt.org/doku.php?id=oldwiki:soekrisport is out of date. Use 
+http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/pcengines/alix
+
+Eg,
+
+    dd if=openwrt-x86-generic-combined-ext2.img of=/dev/sdc
+
+Then, use gparted to create another ext2 partition using unused space, and copy
+over openwrt and pfSense images there.
+
+Change /boot/menu.lst to include: 
+
+    title   OpenWrt - Stick
+    root    (hd1,0)
+    kernel  /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb2 rootfstype=ext2 rootwait console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n8 noinitrd reboot=bios
+    boot
+
+[doesn't actually work...]
+
+scx200: NatSemi SCx200 Driver                                                   
+microcode: CPU0 sig=0x20661, pf=0x2, revision=0x104                             
+Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba       
+------------[ cut here ]------------                                            
+WARNING: at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:148 0xc10199d8()                              
+Modules linked in:                                                              
+Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32.27 #1                                  
+Call Trace:                                                                     
+ [<c10199d8>] ? 0xc10199d8                                                      
+ [<c102271f>] ? 0xc102271f                                                      
+ [<c10199d8>] ? 0xc10199d8                                                      
+ [<c1022763>] ? 0xc1022763                                                      
+
+
+Need to recompile a full image custom image a la:
+http://superuser.com/questions/357401/how-to-install-openwrt-on-an-x86-computer-with-sata-hard-drive
+
+http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX#SERIAL_port_.5B.5Bbaudrate.5D_flowcontrol.5D
+
+##### Recompiling openwrt kernel for LXC support
+
+To enable gcc et al in OpenWRT backfire:
+    http://www.pacificsimplicity.ca/comment/24#comment-24
+
+Kernel flags (also network setup):
+    http://lxc.teegra.net/#_configuration_options
+    http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/LXC#Kernel_with_the_appropriate_LXC_options_enabled
+
+LXC userspace tools:
+    http://lxc.sourceforge.net/download/lxc/
+
+So...
+
+in menuconfig, disable binary stripping (under global build settings).
+
+save and do:
+    $ ./scripts/feeds install -d m build-essential
+
+back in menuconfig, select devel/build-essentials as built-in (so don't need to
+do package install).
+
+
+### Debian
+
+http://wiki.soekris.info/Installing_Debian_Linux_5.0
+
+on syslinux device, edit txt.cfg:
+
+    default install
+    label install
+        menu label ^Install
+        menu default
+        kernel linux
+        append vga=normal initrd=initrd.gz -- quiet console=ttyS0,38400 earlyprint=serial,ttyS0,38400
+
+to enable pfsense as a boot option:
+
+    menuentry 'pfsense' {
+            set root='(hd0,0)'
+            chainloader +1
+    }
+
+    menuentry 'openwrt' {
+        set root='(hd0,3)'
+        kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda4 rootfstype=ext2 init=/etc/preinit rootwait console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n8 noinitrd reboot=bios
+    }
+
+
+### pfSense [DID NOT WORK]
+
+Install to flash stick with:
+
+    dd if=pfSense-memstick-2.0.1-RELEASE-i386.img of=/dev/sdc
+
+Plug in stick, boot up through comBIOS, then change console to 9600 8N1. Try to
+boot from default. You should get through most of the kernel load, then get to
+a mount error and console. DON'T press return or it will try to configure;
+enter "?" then return to list devices. I saw only one device (ad4?) and
+mounted that with ufs, then had a second mount error come up and did
+ufs:ufs/pfsense0 (or was it pfsense1?). This finally worked and I went through
+some business with LAN/WAN port configuration and finally was good to go.
+
+When booting from disk:
+
+    Setting up embedded specific environment... done.
+    ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (1 retry left) LBA=788719
+    ad4: TIMEOUT - READ_MUL retrying (0 retries left) LBA=788719
+    ad4: FAILURE - READ_MUL timed out LBA=788719
+    g_vfs_done():ufs/pfsense0[READ(offset=403783680, length=18944)]error = 5
+    vnode_pager_getpages: I/O read error
+    /etc/rc: /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb: Input/output error
+
+### pfSense
+
+forum thread on getting linux stuff working: http://www.digipedia.pl/usenet/thread/13078/936/
+
+use random memstick-serial image found on the internet; dd it to USB stick and
+boot. don't go to installer mode, continue to livecd then SSH in to get a
+much better interface.
+
+go through the install, partition with at least one extra linux partition (to
+run the VM in), use the "embeded" kernel when that option comes up.
+
+in base install, get packages like:
+
+env PACKAGESITE=ftp://ftp6.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest/ pkg_add -r screen
+
+or, eg: 
+    
+    pkg_add -r http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/8.1-RELEASE/packages/Latest/ezjail.tbz
+
+but we need to use developer edition (FreeBSD 8.3 when written), so do an
+upgrade through the web UI to the developer snapshot.
+
+install some random packages (PACKAGESITE trick no longer necessary)
+
+    http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,25331.5/wap2.html
+
+[DON'T DO THIS PART]
+
+    copy over lin*.ko from a FreeBSD .iso to /boot/kernel/
+
+    add to /boot/loader.conf.local:
+
+        verbose_loading="YES"
+        linux_load="YES"
+        linprocfs_load="YES"
+        linux_enable="YES"
+[/DON'T DO THIS PART]
+
+copy over all the libraries required for sysinstall from FreeBSD 8.3 .iso (try
+ldd /usr/sbin/sysinstall to get a list):
+
+    scp libdialog* libncurses* libutil* libftpio* libdevinfo* root@192.168.1.1:/usr/lib/
+    scp sysinstall root@192.168.1.1:sysinstall8
+
+run sysinstall. do options and set "Release Name    8.3-RELEASE" (not -p3).
+install system source (/src/sys) and ports collection.
+
+then install base, though this could break everything (?)
+
+go to /usr/src/sys/modules. for each of the following, enter and make && make install: 
+
+    linux
+    linprocfs
+    fdescfs
+    linsysfs
+    tmpfs
+    ext2fs
+
+Things didn't work after a reboot. As a recovery, I grabbed the pfsense trunk
+repository and copied over all the files in /etc/ and /boot/ which were
+DIFFERENT between that and the FreeBSD-base install.
+
+Unfortunately, I seem to have acquired the READ_MUL problem again, blech. This
+did get me to boot. I had to override the DNS info (add 8.8.8.8 to
+/etc/resolv.conf), but was then able to invoke an auto-update through the web
+interface.
+
+note: on this hardware, booting from soekris, takes about a minute to boot.
+could shave 10-15 seconds optimizing comBIOS and selection menu, but can
+freebsd boot be enhanced?
+
+### Debian/kFreeBSD Inside
+
+http://blog.vx.sk/archives/22-Tutorial-Debian-GNUkFreeBSD-in-a-FreeBSD-jail.html
+
+http://phaq.phunsites.net/2007/01/06/debian-gnukfreebsd-inside-native-freebsd-jail/
+
+
+### Install pfSense on Soekris
+
+Grab a "memstick-serial" image, flash it to a USB stick:
+
+    http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_RELENG_8_3/i386/pfSense_HEAD/livecd_installer/?C=M;O=D
+    $ dd if=pfSense-memstick-serial-2.1-DEVELOPMENT-i386-20120720-0129.img of=/dev/sdb
+
+Boot with serial console set to 38400 baud, select USB stick device. Eg,
+
+    > boot 81
+
+Switch to 9600 baud. Terminal output will be clunky/garbled, wait for it to try
+to draw, maybe press enter a couple times. When kernel actually loads output
+will be clearer.
+
+After kernel loads, system will ask if you want to do install or boot.
+Recommend that you boot, with basic configuration, then enable SSH and do
+install over a network shell as ncurses will be much cleaner.
+
+Hopefully install is self-explanitory. I created a 4GB "low-level"/slice
+partition for pfSense (which got split into a 3GB partition and a 1GB swap
+partition), a 16GB Linux/ext2 kFreeBSD partition (didn't create filesystem
+yet), and the rest of the space as another Linux/ext2 partition.
+
+I selected embedded kernel.
+
+### Install kFreeBSD in pfSense
+
+First, we'll upgrade the pfSense install to include the full FreeBSD userspace.
+
+Use a 2.1 development image (based on FreeBSD 8.3), but not the most recent
+one. Login to the web console and enable SSH access.
+
+scp over sysinstall and required libraries from a FreeBSD 8.3 LiveCD. From this
+point on DO NOT reboot until the end. 
+
+Copy over all the libraries required for sysinstall from FreeBSD 8.3 .iso (try
+ldd /usr/sbin/sysinstall to get a list):
+
+    scp libdialog* libncurses* libutil* libftpio* libdevinfo* root@192.168.1.1:/usr/lib/
+    scp sysinstall root@192.168.1.1:sysinstall8
+
+Run sysinstall. do options and set "Release Name    8.3-RELEASE" (not -p3).
+Install base, ports collection, and system kernel source (/src/sys).
+
+Use the pfSense webconsole to upgrade to the most recent development image.
+
+Now, reboot and hope everything comes back up with no disk errors.
+
+Go to /usr/src/sys/modules. for each of the following, enter and make && make install: 
+
+    linux
+    linprocfs
+    fdescfs
+    linsysfs
+    tmpfs
+    ext2fs
+
+Use sysintall to install the full "base" system and kernel sources.
+
+Compile and install necessary kernel modules.
+
+pkg_add -r any desired packages. Maybe also a linux_base?
+
+    pkg_add -r linux_base-f10
+
+Inspect /boot/loader.conf and make sure it's sane?
+
+Reboot again and hope everything comes back up with no disk errors.  If it
+does, ready for jail steps.
+
+create a linux ext2 filesystem: 
+
+    pkg_add -r e2fsprogs
+    mke2fs /dev/ad6s2
+    mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad6s2 /jail/debian/
+
+FINALLY, following directions, do:
+http://blog.vx.sk/archives/22-Tutorial-Debian-GNUkFreeBSD-in-a-FreeBSD-jail.html
+
+    mkdir -p /jail/debian
+    debootstrap wheezy /jail/debian http://cdn.debian.net/debian
+
+    [2.1-BETA0][root@rooter0.rooter.is]/usr/src/sys/modules/tmpfs(42): jexec 1 /bin/bash
+    root@debian0:/# uname -a
+    GNU/kFreeBSD debian0.rooter.is 8.3-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3 #1: Wed Jul 18 19:29:09 EDT 2012     root@FreeBSD_8.3_pfSense_2.1.snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.8.i386 i386 i386 Genuine Intel(R) CPU        @ 1.00GHz GNU/kFreeBSD
+
+Alright, after all that, some more config...
+
+Add the iperf and pfJailCtl packages.
+
+Add rc.conf.debian to /root/:
+
+    jail_enable="YES"
+    jail_list="debian"
+    jail_debian_rootdir="/jail/debian"
+    jail_debian_hostname="guest0.rooter.is"
+    jail_debian_ip="127.0.0.1"
+    jail_debian_devfs_enable="YES"
+    jail_debian_exec_start="/etc/init.d/rc 3"
+    jail_debian_flags="-l -u root"
+
+Add start_debian.sh to /root/:
+
+    #/bin/sh
+    kldload linux fdescfs linprocfs linsysfs tmpfs
+    mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad6s2 /jail/debian/
+    mount -t linprocfs linprocfs /jail/debian/proc
+    mount -t linsysfs linsysfs /jail/debian/sys
+    mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /jail/debian/lib/init/rw
+    ifconfig em1 alias 192.168.1.201/32
+    cp /root/rc.conf.debian /etc/rc.conf
+    /etc/rc.d/jail start debian
+    jls
+
+### More config
+
+To allow ping inside kFreeBSD, add "security.jail.allow_raw_sockets=1" to
+/etc/sysctl.conf.
+
+### PROBLEMS/EXTRA?
+
+http://wiki.freebsd.org/Jails
+
+Jul 22 18:00:02  syslogd: /var/log/ppp.log: Operation not suppe
+
+If you want to use shared memory in Linux applications, you need to set up
+a link from /dev/shm to a suitable place, e.g. by adding the following line
+to /etc/devfs.conf (takes effect on each boot):
+        link /tmp shm
+
+To make use of NIS you have to adjust yp.conf and nsswitch.conf in
+/compat/linux/etc/ accordingly. For example:
+
+Set your yp-server and yp-domainname in yp.conf:
+        domainname      my.yp.domainname
+        ypserver        my.yp.server
+
+Let your lists for hosts, passwd and group be resolved via nsswitch.conf:
+        passwd: files nis
+        shadow: files nis
+        group:  files nis
+        hosts:  files dns nis
+
+WARNING: doing work which needs to chroot into the linux base may not work.
+In such cases (e.g. cross-development) you are better suited with a linux_dist
+port.
+
+# Links
+
+http://www.macfreek.nl/memory/FreeBSD_9_on_Soekris_net6501
+
+http://blog.vx.sk/archives/22-Tutorial-Debian-GNUkFreeBSD-in-a-FreeBSD-jail.html
+
+### Random links
+
+"m0n0deb" and how monowall got small:
+    http://www.docunext.com/blog/2007/07/m0n0deb.html