I need a USB microprocessor *device* on which the Linux and Asterisk will run (even if very slowly), not just a storage drive from which to run it on the PC. MonteVista is a good distro, though there are other "minimal" embedded distros, of which I've already got one selected. The CDR usage of a single user's PC is just fine in performance and total lifetime read/writes (usually upwards of 100K) for the CDR data that needs to persist, as opposed to the device's RAM for executing the Asterisk. I'm looking for a device under $100 or $50 in OEM quantity, which is where just microdrives start. I want to run Asterisk itself, even if stripped down, for easy sync and single platform maintenance across all the Asterisk instances I've got, as well as guaranteed compatibility between data/network formats/protocols.
On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 13:08 -0400, Salvatore Giudice wrote: > Try installing Monte Vista http://www.mvista.com/ on the usb stick. It will > be a lot cleaner than taking a standard server distribution of linux and > stripping out all the unwanted kernel modules. > > Monte Vista is an embedded linux that should be able to boot your server off > a 128mb usb stick with Asterisk installed. You should probably strip > asterisk down to the bare essentials for your project as well. > > You should be aware that flash memory is generally not the best medium to > store data when you have a high number of read/writes. Flash memory will > fail much more quickly under these conditions. You might want to conside > using a usb microdrive instead of a flash stick. Pick a microdrive that > generates as little heat as possible. > > BTW, what exactly is the motivation for running linux off of a usb stick? If > you would like cdr's, you could likely do so with ngrep and a perl script. > > Good luck, SG > > -------------------------------------------------- > Salvatore Giudice > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > VoIP Security Training, LLC > http://VoIPSecurityTraining.com > > 848 N. Rainbow Blvd. #1676 > Las Vegas, NV 89107 > Phone: (702) 979-2906 > Fax: (212) 279-2906 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew > Rubenstein > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 9:08 AM > To: Asterisk-Users > Subject: On Topic: Cheapest Asterisk USB Key? (was: Re: [asterisk-users] Off > Topic: Open Source USB Softphone) > > Here's a flipside of this subject: what is the absolute cheapest > Linux > device that can be connected to a PC's USB port? That has just enough > power for a minimal Asterisk server running on it. The Asterisk just > maintains a CDR database on its Flash memory, which it periodically > submits over the PC's network connection with an HTTP hit on a remote > full-service Asterisk server? No call handling, DSP or anything really > number crunching, no telephony terminal or other services. The > lowest-performance device that plugs into the USB, with its own Linux > instance. In OEM quantity, under $50? Under $100? > > > On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 02:51 -0700, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:02:06 -0500 > > From: "Mike Lynchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Off Topic: Open Source USB Softphone > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Asterisk Users Mailing List - > > Non-Commercial > > Discussion" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > sip would be the required one as iax..well.. > > > > also openwengo wont work.. to much overhead .. broswrer needed.. ie > > component + flash + css+js etc.. not viable.. > > > > so im also asking anyone have one ? since ihave a supply of around > > 2000 of > > the vonage usb stick OEM.. > > > > On 3/30/07, Michael Van Donselaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Which USB Phone? I have written custom versions of iaxcomm for > > various > > > people, > > > and have a version that works with the Yealink phone. > > > > > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:33:07 -0300, "Luis Claudio Santos" < > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > >I need a softphone - for usb phone devices - that I can alter > > (insert > > > logo, > > > >menu, etc). > > > > > > > >Does somebody know such one? > > > > > > > >[]s > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mike > > Sales Manager > > http://www.voicemeup.com > > Making it happen > > 1.877.807.VOIP (8647) > > 1.514.312.7030 -- (C) Matthew Rubenstein _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users