On 2/24/02 6:54 AM, "Brian Baquiran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pablo Manalastas wrote: >> >> On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Ted Perez wrote: >> >>> I've been trying to figure out a way to build a pure Linux web browsing >>> appliance (ala Larry Ellison's / Oracle's NIC--New Internet Computer) using >>> readily-available off-the-shelf PC components. Siyempre, it's got to be >>> dirt cheap. Target cost <= $300. >> >> Your real problem is flash memory management under Linux. You have to >> write the low-level stuff (patch the kernel) to manage flash. The kernel >> has to boot from flash, and then flash will be used as an ext2 filesystem. >> But this has already been done in the Philippines looong agoooo. > > Been there, done that. But Doc Mana knows all about this. Oh, the > stories I could tell, but for my NDAs! > Hello. I would like to hear the stories... What happened? Thanks and bests, Ted >> Write to Ritchie Lozada (formerly with Evoserve/Edsamail), but now >> with Microsoft (web marketing?). > > Actually, Ritchie left Evo a couple of months before we formed Edsamail. > >> Some members of his team might still >> be lurking around here. Anyone of Ritchie's team around? > > Yeah. > >> PMana > > Brian > -- > "Rebooting does not make you smarter." > -- Mark Misani > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at > http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
