Small Linux boxes?

[Zeddy]

a small lappy drive... or a cf microdrive....


On May 4, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Darrin Chandler wrote:

> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:40:43PM -0700, Kevin wrote:
>> up.  There is a note on their website about faster boards coming  
>> soon (up to
>> 500Mhz) but they were due "sometime in 2005".  I'll have to check  
>> with them
>> to see if those are nearing completion yet.  Anyway, looks like I  
>> could try
>
> I think they're already out, but I'm not positive.
>
>> Of course, then the fun starts with figuring out Linux on a CF  
>> card again (I
>> have forgotten all that).  Since CF cards have a write-limit,  
>> maybe a small
>> laptop hard drive would be better for the constant Squid caching.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> Yes, as soon as you really want to write to the drive, consumer CF is
> out of the running. It would last a week or a month and then croak.
>
> There's also the PC Engines WRAP. It's fairly popular with the DIY
> appliance crowd, too.
>
> Both of these are somewhere in the middle of my "to do when I have  
> time
> and spare cash" list. ;)
>
> -- 
> Darrin Chandler            |  Phoenix BSD Users Group
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