Re: Small Linux boxes?

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Author: Darrin Chandler
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Subject: Re: Small Linux boxes?
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. ;)

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Darrin Chandler            |  Phoenix BSD Users Group
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