[Soekris] Net5501 board in a Net4801 case?

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Wed Jun 20 19:15:12 UTC 2007


In message <20070620190234.GA20514 at pureftpd.org>, Frank Denis writes:
>  Hello,
>  
>  I currently have a Net4801 in a standard case (the green metal one) and the
>hard drive mounting kit.
>
>  May I keep the case, the hard disk mounting kit and the external power
>supply, and just replace the Net4801 motherboard with a Net5501 one?

The 5501 is slightly larger and the mounting holes are not at the same
distance, so without a good bit of dremmel work, you can't do that.

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