[OCLUG-Tech] Plug Computers

2011-01-30 Thread Paul B.
Recently, while aimlessly wandering the web, I happened upon the following: http://www.plugcomputer.org/ I've been waiting for the ARM revolution to hit my home, and I'm now wondering if it's here. There's a great forum article at the above URL about installing Debian (yee-haw!) on a plug, and

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Problem

2011-01-30 Thread Robert Echlin
Hi Neil, At a former employer a couple of years ago, I bought 8 drives with I think that same problem in firmware. The solution was to install the firmware upgrade. I don't know if that let's you recover the drive, or if it only allows you to prevent the problem. Rob --- On Sun, 1/30/11, nei

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Problem

2011-01-30 Thread Steve La Rocque
Neil - try booting the box with a linux "live" cd and see if it recognizes your hard drive. You can download such a CD here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD (although there are many other variants of course) -Steve On 01/30/2011 12:09 PM, neil wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a problem loo

[OCLUG-Tech] Problem

2011-01-30 Thread neil
Hi, I've got a problem looking for a possible Linux solution. I have had an internal Seagate 500 G hard drive (SATA) in my Windows XP computer (less than 2 years), where my data is stored. The OS has stopped recognizing it, but it still spins. I found out that the hard drive firmware (SD15)was

[OCLUG-Tech] if you want to get a headstart on my OCLUG kernel modules talk ...

2011-01-30 Thread Robert P. J. Day
... if anyone wants to get started ahead of time on writing and loading their first kernel module before my tuesday evening talk, it's all here: http://crashcourse.ca/introduction-linux-kernel-programming/introduction-linux-kernel-programming the first several lessons of that course are freely a