Saturday, October 27, 2012

Re: [nslu2-linux] Digest Number 2807

 

Il 27/10/2012 12.00, Harsh ha scritto:
>
>
> Thanks for the feedback everybody. I'll probably evaluate more than one
> of the suggested options and settle on one that fits best.
>
> Just the idea that viable options exist is comforting since the slug has
> become an important part of my home setup and a serious geek hobby to
> boot :D big grin.

You can try the TP-LINK TL-MR3020 router too. It basicly is a 3G router
(no 3G modem inside, you have to use a dongle) but fundamentally it is a
nice and very economic piece of hardware that in many cases can
substitute the Slug.

Have a look to it!

Andrea

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Re: [nslu2-linux] Digest Number 2807

 

Thanks for the feedback everybody. I'll probably evaluate more than one of the suggested options and settle on one that fits best. 

Just the idea that viable options exist is comforting since the slug has become an important part of my home setup and a serious geek hobby to boot :D big grin. 

From: Ralph Green <severian@pobox.com>
To: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 27 October 2012 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [nslu2-linux] Digest Number 2807

 
Howdy,
I have setup a few of the Pogo-E02 models and they work pretty well.
I actually bought my first Pogoplug just after I bought my first
Slug. I never got arounf to setting up the slug. The Model 4
Pogoplug only has 128 meg of ram. The Pogo-E02 has 256 meg. The
Model 4 is a bit smaller and uses an external power supply. The
Pogo-E02 has an internal power supply and still is found for about
$25. Some of the model 4 units have built in wifi, which can be
handy.
Have fun,
Ralph

On 10/26/12, Brian Wood <bwood@beww.org> wrote:
> On 10/26/2012 02:00 PM, dR wrote:
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>>
>> I have a silly number of Slugs (using SlugOS and OpenWRT). I also have
>> a SheevaPlug, a DNS-323, and a PogoPlug v2.
>>
>> I only know my version of the PogoPlug, but it cost $20 new (yes, new)
>> and installing Arch Linux was easy. Of all the devices I have tested
>> so far, it's the one that I favour to replace the Slug.
>>
>
>
> I have a Pogoplug, I think it's the original. According to
> /cat/proc/cpuino it's a Marvell SheevPlug reference board. This means
> you could buy a Sheevaplug and get twice the RAM.
>
> But the CPU is an order of magnitude faster than a slug, I have Debian
> running on it and it seems to work fine.
>
>>
>> I still like my Slugs, though.
>>
>
> As do I, but I wouldn't buy one today, there are better alternatives.
>
>
>


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Friday, October 26, 2012

Re: [nslu2-linux] Digest Number 2807

 

Howdy,
I have setup a few of the Pogo-E02 models and they work pretty well.
I actually bought my first Pogoplug just after I bought my first
Slug. I never got arounf to setting up the slug. The Model 4
Pogoplug only has 128 meg of ram. The Pogo-E02 has 256 meg. The
Model 4 is a bit smaller and uses an external power supply. The
Pogo-E02 has an internal power supply and still is found for about
$25. Some of the model 4 units have built in wifi, which can be
handy.
Have fun,
Ralph

On 10/26/12, Brian Wood <bwood@beww.org> wrote:
> On 10/26/2012 02:00 PM, dR wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have a silly number of Slugs (using SlugOS and OpenWRT). I also have
>> a SheevaPlug, a DNS-323, and a PogoPlug v2.
>>
>> I only know my version of the PogoPlug, but it cost $20 new (yes, new)
>> and installing Arch Linux was easy. Of all the devices I have tested
>> so far, it's the one that I favour to replace the Slug.
>>
>
>
> I have a Pogoplug, I think it's the original. According to
> /cat/proc/cpuino it's a Marvell SheevPlug reference board. This means
> you could buy a Sheevaplug and get twice the RAM.
>
> But the CPU is an order of magnitude faster than a slug, I have Debian
> running on it and it seems to work fine.
>
>>
>> I still like my Slugs, though.
>>
>
> As do I, but I wouldn't buy one today, there are better alternatives.
>
>
>

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Re: [nslu2-linux] Digest Number 2807

 

On 10/26/2012 02:00 PM, dR wrote:
 

I have a silly number of Slugs (using SlugOS and OpenWRT). I also have a SheevaPlug, a DNS-323, and a PogoPlug v2.

I only know my version of the PogoPlug, but it cost $20 new (yes, new) and installing Arch Linux was easy. Of all the devices I have tested so far, it's the one that I favour to replace the Slug.



I have a Pogoplug, I think it's the original. According to /cat/proc/cpuino it's a Marvell SheevPlug reference board. This means you could buy a Sheevaplug and get twice the RAM.

But the CPU is an order of magnitude faster than a slug, I have Debian running on it and it seems to work fine.


I still like my Slugs, though.


As do I, but I wouldn't buy one today, there are better alternatives.


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[nslu2-linux] Installing lenny on NSLU2 [3 Attachments]

 
[Attachment(s) from Carlos Garces included below]

Hi!

I'm trying again to install debian in my nslug.

The tarball from debian 6 not works for me and without serial port it's impossible see the boot log.

The other approach is use Debian lenny, but also not works.

The nslug boot and the installer runs ok over:
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-archive/debian/

But during the install, the usb HDD not is detected, but I don't now why.
I can see the logs (attached) from the installer, but I can't see any relevant error (I'm not skilled on linux)

Any idea about the problem?

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Older Laptop & Ubuntu

 

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 08:58:24AM -0000, Paul wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "Gabrielle" <dawnyisrael13@...> wrote:
> >
> > A BIG thank you for the responses! Some great information. Although I did find the problem. In my excitement when the computer arrived in the mail and I was excited that it worked and everything, I neglected to look and see just what version of everything was running. The computer had evidently been sitting for a few years. I found this out because I went to download something else and I received a message that said upgrade to a more recent version of explorer. Turns out that it still had something like explorer five and for the Windows XP it was still on service pac 2! So, I spent a day upgrading everything on Windows and then Ubuntu loaded up just fine and is now working with a desktop and everything.
> > Another learning experience for me. Thank you again for all the suggestions. I will keep them for any future reference.
> >
>
> Maybe you can explain to me how Linux depends on Windows? Because I've been running Linux without Windows for quite some time now. I update Windows with fdisk and format. That is just how I roll.

More likely coincidence--however, if Gabrielle was using Ubuntu's Wubi, it
might be connected. (Wubi--I think that's its name) is used to install
Ubuntu as if it were a Windows application.

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[LINUX_Newbies] Re: Download from BIOS

 



--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
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> From the BIOS you can boot either a Live disk (CD or DVD) or usb stick and
> install any OS from there, Linux included. You may have to change BIOS
> settings so that it boots the CD/DVD drive before the HD, but most
> computers have that as the default setting. Check the minimum requirements
> of the Linux distribution against your specs and run the Live disk to see
> if everything works before installing.
>
> Roy

I've had live images fail on some machines but the installed distribution ran OK. Minimum requirements has been a gray area for me too. There is minimum good experience requirements then absolute minimum requirements. Some distributions offer low resource install paths. Text mode installs etc. With some hardware there may be no other choice than to text mode install then configure the system afterwards. That happening might not have anything to do with low system resources either. It could just be distribution developers didn't take some piece of hardware into account. GPUs often can be problematic with static images for me. It would be hard to support them all the best.

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