I am using my Soekris net4501 as an OpenBSD VPN / firewall / router (still getting it set up and configured, I hate it when school gets in the way of hacking) and found the following BIOS settings useful:
> set BootDelay=2
> set FastBoot=Enabled
With FastBoot enabled, you need to hit Control + P to enter the monitor pretty much while it’s posting, otherwise you’ll miss it. It boots a lot faster this way.
Other useful settings may be to change the baud rate or CPU speed. As per the manual, to display a list of parameters and their values, issue the command ‘show’.
That’s all for now, folks.
March 28, 2009, 10:22pm
