Powerfull ARM devices at an affordable price?
> > Would it be the ARM device with more RAM in the market at an affordable > > price? > > Nope. Which device would be tha one? Thecus N2100? Allnet 6500? I'm thinking on getting one of those devices (thecus n2100) to help debian arm project somehow, any comments? Thanks -- Héctor Orón
Re: Off-topic sorry
On 2007-09-28 19:15 +0200, Hector Oron wrote: > 2007/9/28, Mikael Rudberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi > > > > I know this is off-topic for this list really but as a lot of people > > that read this list is into converting different NAS devices to Debian i > > thought just give you a tip on a device i just recently bought and > > are using. > > > > I have 2 SLUG's but i was running into the problems that the memory was > > totally exhausted and hence started to look to alternatives. I didn't > > really find any attractive price performance on other devices out there > > so i sort of stumbled into this one by chance. http://www.zonbu.com > > > > It's a 512mb mini PC with a 1.2 via c7 for the price of $249 and you can > > install whatever OS you like (if you by the version without any monthly > > plan) > Is it an Intel IOP processor? No. A Via C7 is an x86 CPU. Or at least I assume it is as a via C3 is. I imagine this is a normal small PC (like ITX machines) > Would it be the ARM device with more RAM in the market at an affordable price? Nope. Wookey -- Principal hats: Balloonz - Toby Churchill - Aleph One - Debian http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Off-topic sorry
Nope this is the cpu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_C7 (hence the off-topic) Hector Oron wrote: Is it an Intel IOP processor? I did not see it in the specifications webpage. Would it be the ARM device with more RAM in the market at an affordable price? 2007/9/28, Mikael Rudberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi I know this is off-topic for this list really but as a lot of people that read this list is into converting different NAS devices to Debian i thought just give you a tip on a device i just recently bought and are using. I have 2 SLUG's but i was running into the problems that the memory was totally exhausted and hence started to look to alternatives. I didn't really find any attractive price performance on other devices out there so i sort of stumbled into this one by chance. http://www.zonbu.com It's a 512mb mini PC with a 1.2 via c7 for the price of $249 and you can install whatever OS you like (if you by the version without any monthly plan) I have Debian installed on it with 2 USB HD's and i must say it runs very well i have samba throughput up to 10MB/sek and i run almost everything i had on the SLUG's consolidated to this one. Only hitch i run into was problem with a BIOS setting that initially caused a lot of problem when i tried to boot from the USB HD rather then the included flash drive. /Mikael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Off-topic sorry
Is it an Intel IOP processor? I did not see it in the specifications webpage. Would it be the ARM device with more RAM in the market at an affordable price? 2007/9/28, Mikael Rudberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > I know this is off-topic for this list really but as a lot of people > that read this list is into converting different NAS devices to Debian i > thought just give you a tip on a device i just recently bought and > are using. > > I have 2 SLUG's but i was running into the problems that the memory was > totally exhausted and hence started to look to alternatives. I didn't > really find any attractive price performance on other devices out there > so i sort of stumbled into this one by chance. http://www.zonbu.com > > It's a 512mb mini PC with a 1.2 via c7 for the price of $249 and you can > install whatever OS you like (if you by the version without any monthly > plan) > > I have Debian installed on it with 2 USB HD's and i must say it runs > very well i have samba throughput up to 10MB/sek and i run almost > everything i had on the SLUG's consolidated to this one. > > Only hitch i run into was problem with a BIOS setting that initially > caused a lot of problem when i tried to boot from the USB HD rather then > the included flash drive. > > /Mikael > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Héctor Orón
Off-topic sorry
Hi I know this is off-topic for this list really but as a lot of people that read this list is into converting different NAS devices to Debian i thought just give you a tip on a device i just recently bought and are using. I have 2 SLUG's but i was running into the problems that the memory was totally exhausted and hence started to look to alternatives. I didn't really find any attractive price performance on other devices out there so i sort of stumbled into this one by chance. http://www.zonbu.com It's a 512mb mini PC with a 1.2 via c7 for the price of $249 and you can install whatever OS you like (if you by the version without any monthly plan) I have Debian installed on it with 2 USB HD's and i must say it runs very well i have samba throughput up to 10MB/sek and i run almost everything i had on the SLUG's consolidated to this one. Only hitch i run into was problem with a BIOS setting that initially caused a lot of problem when i tried to boot from the USB HD rather then the included flash drive. /Mikael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on Thecus N2100
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 13:38 +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-09-28 10:42]: > > I see that 4.0r1 is broken, is it best to install r0 or are there > > installer images with the fixed kernel on? I could try installing Sid, > > but I'd prefer something known to work. :) > > The problem is that r0 is no longer on the mirrors so you cannot > install that. Anyway, there's a fairly easy workaround: install using > the 4.0r1 images, and when base install fails, do base install again - > this time it will ask you which kernel version to install. Ah cunning, that sounds even easier than changing the priority and getting asked lots of questions. > > I've never done software RAID before, so I'm being cautious. Is it > > fairly simple with the Debian installer to setup a 4G /, 1G swap, and > > the rest as /home, all on RAID-1? Would I need a separate /boot, or is > > the initramfs in the flash sufficient? > > RAID setup in d-i is fairly easy, even if maybe not very obvious (you > first need to mark some partitions for RAID, then go to a RAID config > tool, then configure the md partitions). You won't need a special /boot. On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 14:45 +0300, Riku Voipio wrote: > kernel and initramfs in flash is sufficent, no need for a separate /boot > partition. The setup you want is slightly complex, but it should still > be fairly simple to setup in d-i. Not simple in sense of "just hit next" > but rather "if know partitioning well enough to want such a setup, > you will manage to setup partitions relatively easily in d-i partitioner". Okay, thanks Martin and Riku. Maybe I should give the etch installer a go in qemu so I know what the raid setup does before I let myself go on a real device. :) I'm a huge fan of separate /home because of the amount of pain it solves when the OS itself dies. I guess a swap file in / instead of a swap partition would solve the swap-on-dead-disk problem and remove a partition, I think I'll do that instead. Thanks, Ross -- Ross Burton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.burtonini.com./ PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Debian on Thecus N2100
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:42:43AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > I've never done software RAID before, so I'm being cautious. Is it > fairly simple with the Debian installer to setup a 4G /, 1G swap, and > the rest as /home, all on RAID-1? Would I need a separate /boot, or is > the initramfs in the flash sufficient? kernel and initramfs in flash is sufficent, no need for a separate /boot partition. The setup you want is slightly complex, but it should still be fairly simple to setup in d-i. Not simple in sense of "just hit next" but rather "if know partitioning well enough to want such a setup, you will manage to setup partitions relatively easily in d-i partitioner". If you have any ideas howto make partioner easier, debian-boot is probably a better venue as partitioning not really a arm-specific problem. -- "rm -rf" only sounds scary if you don't have backups -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on Thecus N2100
* Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-09-28 10:42]: > I see that 4.0r1 is broken, is it best to install r0 or are there > installer images with the fixed kernel on? I could try installing Sid, > but I'd prefer something known to work. :) The problem is that r0 is no longer on the mirrors so you cannot install that. Anyway, there's a fairly easy workaround: install using the 4.0r1 images, and when base install fails, do base install again - this time it will ask you which kernel version to install. > I've never done software RAID before, so I'm being cautious. Is it > fairly simple with the Debian installer to setup a 4G /, 1G swap, and > the rest as /home, all on RAID-1? Would I need a separate /boot, or is > the initramfs in the flash sufficient? RAID setup in d-i is fairly easy, even if maybe not very obvious (you first need to mark some partitions for RAID, then go to a RAID config tool, then configure the md partitions). You won't need a special /boot. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on Thecus N2100
On 2007-09-28 10:42 +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm about to order a re-badged N2100 for use as a home NAS, and have a > few questions about getting Debian onto it. > > I see that 4.0r1 is broken, is it best to install r0 or are there > installer images with the fixed kernel on? I could try installing Sid, > but I'd prefer something known to work. :) Installing 4.0r1 but setting debconf priority to 'low' means it lets you specify a kernel so you can put the right one in. This is fairly painless. See earlier messages this month on this list for details. Wookey -- Principal hats: Balloonz - Toby Churchill - Aleph One - Debian http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian on Thecus N2100
Hi all, I'm about to order a re-badged N2100 for use as a home NAS, and have a few questions about getting Debian onto it. I see that 4.0r1 is broken, is it best to install r0 or are there installer images with the fixed kernel on? I could try installing Sid, but I'd prefer something known to work. :) I've never done software RAID before, so I'm being cautious. Is it fairly simple with the Debian installer to setup a 4G /, 1G swap, and the rest as /home, all on RAID-1? Would I need a separate /boot, or is the initramfs in the flash sufficient? Thanks for any help, and please CC me on any replies because I'm not on the list. Cheers, Ross -- Ross Burton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.burtonini.com./ PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
