Solved how to install freebsd14.2 in HuaWei switch ?

[fff2024g]

Dear all:
i have HuaWei switch , this switch lose system image ,can not access BIOS . can we install freebsd14.2 in this switch ? if can , please let me know how. thanks.

 

[SirDice]

this switch lose system image

How? Botched firmware update? EEPROM/Flash died? If it's a botched firmware update there may a procedure to unbrick it. If such a procedure doesn't exist (or cannot be performed without specialized equipment) then it basically became an expensive paperweight.

can not access BIOS

Switches typically don't have a "BIOS". It's all firmware.

can we install freebsd14.2 in this switch

Unlikely. Switches have specialized hardware that does the actual 'switching'. Even if you could get the FreeBSD kernel to start it's unlikely you'd actually be able to get the switching part of the device working.

 

[fff2024g]

How? Botched firmware update? EEPROM/Flash died?

Switches typically don't have a "BIOS". It's all firmware.

Unlikely. Switches have specialized hardware that does the actual 'switching'.

Dear sirdice:
thanks. got it. my idea was let dead switch can get live. looks like that is not possible. thanks.

 

[SirDice]

Networking equipment (hardware routers, switches, firewalls etc) generally use very specialized hardware (besides a CPU and some ROM/RAM to control the thing). Stuff that's rarely, if ever, used in 'generic' PC desktop or server systems.