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<meta name="description" content="This guide shows how to install Red Hat Linux 7.2 on a Soekris Engineering net4501 computer using PXE.">
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<p>[<a href="./">intro</a> |
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<a href="bootstrap">bootstrap</a> |
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<a href="kernel">linux kernel</a> |
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<a href="filesystem">root filesystem</a> |
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<a href="netboot">network boot</a> |
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<a href="flash">install on flash card</a> ]</p>
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<h1>Linux on net4501</h1>
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<p>This page explains how to install <a
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href="http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/">Red Hat Linux</a> 7.2 on
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the <a href="http://www.soekris.com/net4501.htm">net4501</a>.</p>
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<p>The net4501 is a small computer designed for firewalls and VPN
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routers, made by <a href="http://www.soekris.com/">Soekris
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Engineering</a>. It has three network ports and a slot for a flash
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card, but no hard disk, floppy disk or CD-ROM drive. You can install
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Linux onto the flash card either by using a machine with appropriate
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hardware, or by using PXE (network boot). The PXE method is described
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here.</p>
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<h2>Prerequisits</h2>
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<p>Before you begin, you will need the following hardware and software:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>A machine on which to build and export the filesystem</li>
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<li>A net4501 with flash card installed</li>
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<li>A serial cable</li>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/">Linux 2.4 kernel source</a></li>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/">Red Hat 7.2 RPMS for i386</a></li>
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<li>NFS server</li>
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<li>DHCP server</li>
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<li>PXE server</li>
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<li>TFTP server</li>
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<li><a href="http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php">PXELINUX</a></li>
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<li>C compiler</li>
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<li>Perl interpreter</li>
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<li>A terminal emulator (eg. minicom)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Red Hat doesn't ship pxelinux in their syslinux package. Get it
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from <a
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href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/">kernel.org</a>
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or an old copy from this page, below.</p>
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<h2>Installation</h2>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="bootstrap">Set up the bootstrap environment (PXE, DHCP etc.)</a></li>
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<li><a href="kernel">Create a network boot kernel</a></li>
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<li><a href="filesystem">Construct a root filesystem on another machine</a></li>
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<li><a href="netboot">Boot the net4501 from the network</a></li>
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<li><a href="flash">Copy the root filesystem onto the net4501's flash card</a></li>
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</ol>
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<h2>Download</h2>
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<li><a href="soekris.tar.gz">soekris.tar.gz</a> [12K] (<a href="filelist">View contents</a>)</li>
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<li><a href="pxelinux.0">pxelinux</a> [8K]</li>
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<p>Peter Benie <peterb+linux-net4501@chiark.greenend.org.uk><br>
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