Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Can You Purchase Switch Hardware Without an OS?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the barebones-hardware dept.

dhahn asks: "I have a project where I'm building a large Linux router (about 40 ports or so). At this point, my only hardware solution is to purchase a box with lots of PCI-ish slots and fill them multi-port ethernet cards. I've looked into currently available solutions and haven't found anything that gives me the control I want. Does anyone know of where I could purchase a 'naked switch?' I just want the switch hardware with enough guts to allow me to customize a Linux OS and load it up." If anyone else has been in this situation, what did you do?

4 of 70 comments (clear)

  1. if you would like by Amouth · · Score: 4, Funny

    if you would like i can buy a switch and flash it with nothing and sell it to you.. but money frist and no returns.

    --
    '...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
  2. PCI-ish? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not sure if I'm familiar with the 'ish' variant of the PCI slot. Could you please elaborate?

    --
    This guy's the limit!
  3. Re:Is this even a good idea? by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


    Not to be a dick, but if the poster has to Ask Slashdot about this sort of configuration, he or she has no business messing with this and should leave the design and configuration to grown ups (unless it's a lab experiment or something).

    You're being a dick, but the truth can be dicky. :)

    --
    Trolling is a art,
  4. "Switch" by CmdrPorno · · Score: 3, Funny

    AFAIK Apple only sells their hardware with OS X. And if you bought it without an OS, you probably wouldn't be switching. Also, the "Switch" ad campaign has been replaced with the "Get a Mac" ad campaign:

    http://www.apple.com/getamac/

    --
    Sent from my iPhone