On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Ted Perez wrote: > 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.
But doesn't kernel 2.4 have the journalling flash file system included stock? (JFFS) ? > > > > 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] > _ 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]
