[Soekris] soekris and openbsd

[Gustavo Rios]

Excuse me,

how did you get sensorsd working with openbsd on this hardware?

Thanks once more for your time and cooperation.

On 7/17/06, Jeff Quast <af.dingo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/17/06, Gustavo Rios <rios.gustavo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > May some one suggest a good quality HD drive for use with Openbsd 3.9
> > and Soekris net4801-60 hardware ?
>
> This was _JUST_ discussed on the soekris mailing list:
>
> From: Breen Ouellette <soekrislist at breeno.net>
> To: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
> Subject: Re: [Soekris] hard disk & wifi card
>
> Jim Cromie wrote:
> > no HD, but theres a $10 mounting kit which suspends it over the board.
> > Dunno what happens if you also use a mini-pci, its close to interfering
> > with the HD mount
> >
>
> Depending on what you install in the miniPCI slot it may or may not
> interfere with the HD. The vpn1411, for instance, fits just fine
> underneath the HD.
>
> The biggest thing about an HD is that if it creates too much heat you
> will experience errors with your setup. I ended up cutting an 80mm hole
> in the top left of my case and attaching a low RPM fan to the _outside_
> of the case for air intake (obviously no room inside). I drilled exhaust
> holes into the right side of the case, and the resulting airflow pushes
> cool air over the entire setup. My temperatures dropped more than 20
> degC on the CPU and HD sensors and my crashing and data errors disappeared.
>
> I suggest you use a Seagate HD. As has been noted on this list, the
> Seagates tend to do better with being run 24/7. A lot of other brands
> will crap out with that kind of usage.
>
> The great thing about having an HD is there is no more fussing around
> with CF write issues, probably the reason you are going this route.
> Since moving to a Seagate HD from 512MB CF my upgrades have been silky
> smooth.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Breeno
>
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> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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