Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 13:02:24 +1200 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> To: Luiz Otavio O Souza <lists.br@gmail.com> Cc: Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@gmail.com>, freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Mikrotik RB751G-2HnD Message-ID: <CAFAOGNRrnHpZHoG%2BtJM1guUVVcVCJhakFCfB5oSSDT-8SgUn8g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAB=2f8y9RoitgZ8StbP7gGu0=QKkLgsE3PORokJ4S38DzomQYg@mail.gmail.com> References: <518ACFB3.5080104@gmail.com> <CAB=2f8y9RoitgZ8StbP7gGu0=QKkLgsE3PORokJ4S38DzomQYg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 16 May 2013 12:34, Luiz Otavio O Souza <lists.br@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8 May 2013 19:20, Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@gmail.com> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi all. I've recently noticed that FreeBSD is quite well supported on >> MIPS routers. I myself own Mikrotik RouterBoard RB751G-2HnD (specs on >> http://routerboard.com/RB751G-2HnD ). It seems to be supported. So, is >> there anyone running FreeBSD on this specific model or a similar one? >> Can I get some how-to on installing FreeBSD? One thing bugs me, most >> of these supported routers have 16-64MB flash. How is FreeBSD supposed >> to fit in that? Is some USB drive required? Thanks, Piotr Kubaj. >> > > Hi Piotr, > > Well, its kind of supported but there is no driver for the NAND on it, > which means you can boot from NAND yet. I understand RouterBOOT expects /kernel on a yaffs filesystem. There is no yaffs support so could u-boot be written there from Linux and chainload FreeBSD? Andrew
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