Re: Hi, and embedded routers
Hi Chris,
Citeren Chris Aitken <chris@ion-dreams.com>:
> Interested in setting up embedded firewall/router/VPN gateways using
> EmDebian, and a Soekris board, or similar.
> I saw you guys at the LUDEX show in London, and that's what sparked the
> re-interest.
So we did something useful there :-) Well I am going to try to help you as good
as I can.
> I have followed the thread about Debian router (compressed FS needs) from
> the Apr 2004 archives. I have read through the howto by Vadim, and also his
> shell script. It seems a good starting point.
Well I have no experience with that script, but I can provide you with some
useful things.
> Vadim requires a statically linked busybox binary to use his script. Would
> the Sarge version of busybox-static fulfill this need, or would I have to
> take the source (either debian, or vanilla, and compile statically?)? I hope
> someone can advise on this issue.
Well the sarge version should work. I also made a emdebian package of the latest
busybox version you can find it in the download section on stag.mind.be.
> Also, if I chose not to use busbox, and hacked away at the thing myself, how
> would one start using emdebian. The embedded board would be running an i386
> clone.
Well you could use the quickstartguide on my website. The only difference is
that you don't have to edit the cross-compile file. Just run dpkg-buildpackage
-b -Emdb when compiling (unless you want to use an optimized i386 toolchain or
are running debian on a non-i386 system). With the wrappers you can install
everything in a seperate dir, which you can share via NFS to boot your Soekris
board.
There is only one problem. The installation of my tool package is quite hard.
Wookey should have a better one, but I don't know where to get it. For the
moment you also have to use it with dpkg-cross 1.14 (the 1.16 version is still
being tested for full emdebian functionality) Hopefully once all this is done we
can release a non-expirimental system and start building away packages.
greets,
Philippe
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