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Soekris Engineering, Inc. is a small company specializing in the design of embedded computer and communication devices. The founder and CEO, Soren Kristensen, has 20 years of experience in network, communication and embedded computer design.
They offer a line of standard products of x86 based communication computers for the OEM market. They are available in any volume, from single units to high volume, and can also be customized to individual requirements.
The Soekris Wiki
General Questions
- What is a Soekris box?
- What can I do with a Soekris box?
- What are the advantages of using a Soekris box?
- What do the digits in netXXXX stand for?
- How is a Soekris box managed?
- Which Operating Systems are supported?
- What documents should I have received with my Soekris box?
- Where can I find more information?
- Performance tuning
- What performance can I expect of the USB port on a Soekris box?
- What additional hard and software do I need to run and manage a Soekris box?
- Can I boot my Soekris box from USB?
Hardware
Net4501 | Net4511 | Net4521 | Net4526
- Unofficial Hardware Manuals
- 5501 Interfaces and pin headers
- Hard drive mounting
- What 2.5" hard drives are suitable?
- Can I connect my 100GB 3.5 IDE drive to a Soekris box?
- Is there a list of supported and unsupported hardware?
- Is there a list of problematic hardware?
- The PCI slot seems like it's backwards, what gives?
- I'm seeing some strange hardware malfunction. What should I try?
- Alternative chassis (rack mount cases, etc)
- Serial port and cable
- Master/Slave settings for HD/CF
BIOS
- Why cant I find option XXXXXX in my comBIOS?
- Can I boot my Soekris box from USB?
- Known bugs
- What do all those BIOS settings do?
Operating Systems
- Which OS should I run on a Soekris box?
- What should I pay attention to when installing an OS?
- What is this disk geometry thing?
- Installing *BSD Systems:
- Installing Gnu/Linux Systems:
- Linux kernel .config collection
- Debian Linux (4.0r1 Etch)
- Debian Linux (4.01r1 Etch) from Windows mini-HOWTO
- Debian Linux (5.0)
- Installing Debian Squeeze (6.0)
- Installing Debian Jessie (8)
- Ubuntu 7.04 Servia via debootstrap
- Ubuntu 10.04 server via PXE
- Gentoo 2.6.20-gentoo-r8
- Gentoo 2.6.28.2 vanilla
- Gentoo 3.15.5 (gentoo-sources)
- Pyramid Linux
- OpenWrt
- CentOS 4.4
- Voyage Linux (Debian Based) on Soekris 4501
How To's and Other Guides
- Connecting to the serial console
- Updating Bios
- Net4501 NTP Server
- Installing from an existing image
- Pxebooting the memtest86+ diagnostic
- Running as a Switch in Software using Debian
- USB Image Tool
