From: Bryan Vyhmeister (openbsdbsdjournal.net)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2007 - 11:49:32 CDT

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On Apr 2, 2007, at 2:37 AM, Raul Aldaz wrote:

> Does any body know of any experience mounting this in a vehicle? I
> would
> like to use it to provide wireless internet access with something
> like a
> Merlin or Novatel pcmcia card.

I have not physically mounted one in a vehicle but I did do this type
of setup. It worked great. I would definitely suggest you use a
Compact Flash to boot from. Only the net4801 supports a hard drive
anyway. You can take a look at flashdist:

http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris/

or flashboot:

http://www.mindrot.org/projects/flashboot/

Both of these projects are based on OpenBSD. They are both good
options and can give you some pointers on how to setup your system. A
GENERIC kernel works on a net4801 or net4526 but you need to compile
a kernel from flashdist for the net45xx series. I think flashboot has
pre-compiled kernels for that as well.

Bryan

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