hi erik,

 

>if anyone is interested in a soekris 4501 fs, contact me off list.
>judging by the size of my worm, a 4GB CF should be enough to
>run for several years.  or, use a small boot CF and an aoe target.
 

couple of questions related to this posting as well as your previous one on soekris box:

 

- will this work for 5501 as well?

- did u get as many as 8 ethernet ports working?

 

i am thinking of getting 5501 and trying plan9/inferno.

 

here are the things i like about soekris:

 

- surprisingly, their products have a long life (in terms of availability) compared to other embedded boards from other companies

- price is reasonable and affordable. prices dont change much whether an individual orders or a company orders, one or 1000 boards, etc. Also one can order any number of boards (no limit on min. qty) 

- many OSes are known to run

 

i wish plan9/inferno community provides more support for soekris products. earlier, i used to wonder why ron minnich didnt go for soekris boards for his projects.

 

regards

dharani