Embedded Linux

We have some pretty good flash drives for our LW system(800 MB), but we did
have an instance of a Lieutenant's battery catching fire :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: der.hans [mailto:PLUGd@LuftHans.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 1:57 PM
> To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
> Subject: RE: Embedded Linux
>
>
> Am 26. Oct, 2000 schwäzte Lucas Vogel so:
>
> > You might want to try the Linux-from-scratch HOWTO or
> something similar if
> > you're truly adventurous. The best embedded demo I've ever
> received was the
> > one from QNX, but I don't believe theirs is Linux(though
> definitely *nix).
>
> QNX is a proprietary operating system, but that's about all I
> know about
> it :).
>
> > IMHO a DirectCD implementation is more of a pain than it's worth(see
> > also in this thread the part where someone discussed how their disk
> > started skipping/losing data at a certain temperature), especially
> > when hard drives are cheap.
>
> For an "embedded" system, especially something going in a car flash or
> compact drives are probably better, but I don't know how they
> hold up in
> the heat. Hard drives can't take the heat either. Some old
> seagates used
> to run as hot as it gets in a trunk here, but they'd melt themselved
> down...
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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