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Sticker on back says "WatchGuard XTM 5 series XTM 520.
Sticker on back says "WatchGuard XTM 5 series XTM 520"


Fairly nifty little box:
Fairly nifty little box:
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* 1x DDR2 PC6400 1Gbyte DIMM
* 1x DDR2 PC6400 1Gbyte DIMM


Modifications so far:
== Modifications so far ==
* Replaced DIMM with 2x 1Gbyte PC6400 DIMMs from a Dell Optiplex 740 2Gbytes of RAM
* Replaced DIMM with 2x 1Gbyte PC6400 DIMMs from a Dell Optiplex 740 2Gbytes of RAM
* Removed CF card and make a backup image of its contents.
* Removed CF card and make a backup image of its contents.


Stuff on order:
== Stuff on order ==
* Xeon L5430 processor (4 cores, 2.66GHz clock, 12Mbytes of L2 cache) This is not a socket 775 part, but it is a Socket 771 package. And there are readily available kits for placing a Socket 771 Xeon in a Socket 775 system board.
* Xeon L5430 processor (4 cores, 2.66GHz clock, 12Mbytes of L2 cache) This is not a socket 775 part, but it is a Socket 771 package. And there are readily available kits for placing a Socket 771 Xeon in a Socket 775 system board.
* Socket 771 CPU -> Socket 775 socket adapter ("Xeon inside" stickers included)
* Socket 771 CPU -> Socket 775 socket adapter ("Xeon inside" stickers included)
* 4 and 8Gbyte CompactFlash cards
* 4 and 8Gbyte CompactFlash cards

== Progress toward Linuxification ==
* Pulled 1Gbyte Transcend CompactFlash card out, made backup copy of its contents on desktop machine ''2016-08-23''
* Located a working 160Gbyte 2.5inch SATA hard drive and commenced to wiping it and ...
* debootstraped Debian Jessie onto said hard drive: <code>sudo debootstrap --components=main,contrib,non-free --verbose jessie target</code>
* <code>chroot target bin/bash --login</code> and run
apt-get update
apt-get install bash-completion vim-nox sudo openssh-server
groupadd -g 1000 adj
useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 -s /bin/bash -m adj
passwd adj
dpkg-reconfigure -p low debconf
apt-get install grub-pc
# make GRUB use serial console instead of VGA
apt-get install linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64
* Pulled hard drive, placed in WatchGuard box.
* Realized totally forgot an /etc/fstab. We'll see what happens without...
* Worse realization: No LVM tools in initramfs. (Seeing as I didn't install them inside the debootstrapped chroot. D'oh!)
* DANGER: '''Voodoo!''' Creating LVM logical volume device mapper mappings without the LVM tools is '''not''' a good idea (but it works if you have a good reference for the tables somewhere)

(initramfs) dmsetup create vg00-root --table "0 2097152 linear 8:2 2048"
(initramfs) dmsetup create vg00-tmp --table "0 8388608 linear 8:2 4196352"
(initramfs) dmsetup create vg00-var --table "0 8388608 linear 8:2 12584960"
(initramfs) dmsetup create vg00-usr --table "0 8388608 linear 8:2 20973568"
mount -t ext4 /dev/dm-0 /root
mount -t ext4 /dev/dm-1 /root/tmp
mount -t ext4 /dev/dm-2 /root/var
mount -t ext4 /mnt/dm-3 /root/usr
chroot /root /bin/bash --login

(yay for built-in journal playback. And for forgetting to <code>vgchange -an vg00</code> on the machine that ran the <code>debootstrap</code>.

* Add an entry to <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> and <code>ifup eth1</code>
* create a good <code>/etc/fstab</code>
* Make sure /boot is mounted (update-initramfs needs to write here)
* <code>apt-get install lvm2</code>

Revision as of 02:27, 25 August 2016

Sticker on back says "WatchGuard XTM 5 series XTM 520"

Fairly nifty little box:

  • More or less normal x86 Wintel board inside the box
  • 1x 10/100baseT port on the front (Labeled "0")
  • 6x 1000baseT ports on the front (Labeled "1" through "6")
  • 8P8C modular connector serial console port -- and the BIOS is configured for serial port redirection
  • 2x USB ports inside
  • motherboard has a single Socket 775 Celeron 440 CPU (not very exciting, but this will turn exciting later on)
  • 2x DDR2 DIMM sockets
  • Compact Flash port (not sure largest capacity suppported -- The WatchGuard OS is delivered on a 1Gbyte CF card.
  • 2x SATA (SATA 2, probably, based on age) ports on motherboard.
  • 2x SATA power connectors included on the power supply
  • 1x DDR2 PC6400 1Gbyte DIMM

Modifications so far

  • Replaced DIMM with 2x 1Gbyte PC6400 DIMMs from a Dell Optiplex 740 2Gbytes of RAM
  • Removed CF card and make a backup image of its contents.

Stuff on order

  • Xeon L5430 processor (4 cores, 2.66GHz clock, 12Mbytes of L2 cache) This is not a socket 775 part, but it is a Socket 771 package. And there are readily available kits for placing a Socket 771 Xeon in a Socket 775 system board.
  • Socket 771 CPU -> Socket 775 socket adapter ("Xeon inside" stickers included)
  • 4 and 8Gbyte CompactFlash cards

Progress toward Linuxification

  • Pulled 1Gbyte Transcend CompactFlash card out, made backup copy of its contents on desktop machine 2016-08-23
  • Located a working 160Gbyte 2.5inch SATA hard drive and commenced to wiping it and ...
  • debootstraped Debian Jessie onto said hard drive: sudo debootstrap --components=main,contrib,non-free --verbose jessie target
  • chroot target bin/bash --login and run
apt-get update
apt-get install bash-completion vim-nox sudo openssh-server
groupadd -g 1000 adj
useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 -s /bin/bash -m adj
passwd adj
dpkg-reconfigure -p low debconf
apt-get install grub-pc
# make GRUB use serial console instead of VGA
apt-get install linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64
  • Pulled hard drive, placed in WatchGuard box.
  • Realized totally forgot an /etc/fstab. We'll see what happens without...
  • Worse realization: No LVM tools in initramfs. (Seeing as I didn't install them inside the debootstrapped chroot. D'oh!)
  • DANGER: Voodoo! Creating LVM logical volume device mapper mappings without the LVM tools is not a good idea (but it works if you have a good reference for the tables somewhere)
(initramfs) dmsetup create vg00-root --table "0 2097152 linear 8:2 2048"
(initramfs) dmsetup create vg00-tmp --table "0 8388608 linear 8:2 4196352"
(initramfs) dmsetup create vg00-var --table "0 8388608 linear 8:2 12584960"
(initramfs) dmsetup create vg00-usr --table "0 8388608 linear 8:2 20973568"
mount -t ext4 /dev/dm-0 /root
mount -t ext4 /dev/dm-1 /root/tmp
mount -t ext4 /dev/dm-2 /root/var
mount -t ext4 /mnt/dm-3 /root/usr
chroot /root /bin/bash --login

(yay for built-in journal playback. And for forgetting to vgchange -an vg00 on the machine that ran the debootstrap.

  • Add an entry to /etc/network/interfaces and ifup eth1
  • create a good /etc/fstab
  • Make sure /boot is mounted (update-initramfs needs to write here)
  • apt-get install lvm2
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