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The downside of this right now is that there are no binary packages for mips64 and there is no space on the device to store a ports tree so you need to cross co
by justincormack 13y ago
The downside of this right now is that there are no binary packages for mips64 and there is no space on the device to store a ports tree so you need to cross compile everything.
I am running gentoo on mine at the minute, I did have FreeBSD on it for a bit.
I tried a larger flash drive but the driver doesn't like it and won't mount the root partition, need to find one it likes. Or use nfs/smb but that is a pain.
- zx2c4 13y agoI successfully connected a USB hard drive to mine. If you're interested enough, email me and I'll go look up which inexpensive model of enclosure I'm using. The bootloader is indeed finicky but I guess I got lucky enough to have a HDD enclosure that just worked.
- justincormack 13y agoI must have some lying around, will give them a go. The bootloader works with my USB stick, but Linux doesn't like it. Will see if FreeBSD does or not.
- profquail 13y agoCould you store the ports tree on a network share, mount that share on the device, and compile that way? Seems like that would be easier than cross-compiling, if it'll work.
- justincormack 13y agoIn theory, though nfs and me/my network setup don't get on.