Re: [LUAU] on-topic, finally!

2005-09-19 Thread Jim Thompson
On Sep 19, 2005, at 6:34 PM, Eric Hattemer wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: The Land Cruiser (which will eventually be a hybrid) has a mini-itx computer mounted in it. Its the box on the right in this (warning: quite large) photo http://www.smallworks.com/~jim/LandCruiser/P8280034.JPG Two ques

Re: [LUAU] on-topic, finally!

2005-09-19 Thread Eric Hattemer
Jim Thompson wrote: > > The Land Cruiser (which will eventually be a hybrid) has a mini-itx > computer mounted in it. Its the box on the right in this (warning: > quite large) photo > http://www.smallworks.com/~jim/LandCruiser/P8280034.JPG > Two questions: First, do you mean you are buying a n

Re: [LUAU] on-topic, finally!

2005-09-19 Thread Jim Thompson
On Sep 19, 2005, at 3:12 PM, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: Brian Chee wrote: The PODS project . . . now going to a Mini-ITX motherboard to create embedded systems with no moving parts. Interesting info. The mini-itx always fascinates me. Recently, VIA has begun selling its C7- and C7-

Re: [LUAU] on-topic, finally!

2005-09-19 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Brian Chee wrote: The PODS project . . . now going to a Mini-ITX motherboard to create embedded systems with no moving parts. Interesting info. The mini-itx always fascinates me. Recently, VIA has begun selling its C7- and C7-M series CPUs, each of which comprises an x86 processor and an en

Re: [LUAU] on-topic, finally!

2005-09-19 Thread Jim Thompson
On Sep 19, 2005, at 8:52 AM, Brian Chee wrote: I should also point out that the old "Linux Router Project" has been superceded by efforts off knoppix and others to create "small" distros that are fully capable of booting from USB/CF/etc in support of new bios features like those found in the

Re: [LUAU] on-topic, finally!

2005-09-19 Thread Brian Chee
I should also point out that the old "Linux Router Project" has been superceded by efforts off knoppix and others to create "small" distros that are fully capable of booting from USB/CF/etc in support of new bios features like those found in the Mini-ATX/ITX motherboards. The PODS project (www.pod

Re: [LUAU] San Disk USB Flash Drive on FreeBSD

2005-09-19 Thread Jim Thompson
I don't have a 1.0GB thumb drive, but I do have a 512MB one. I keep it on my keyring, its handy that way. Back when I bought it 512MB was the 'knee' in the cost curve. As with all things electronic, the curve has moved. Still, you shouldn't notice any difference other than the additional

[LUAU] San Disk USB Flash Drive on FreeBSD

2005-09-19 Thread Al Plant
Has anybody on the Luau List got one of the 1.0 GB flash drives to work on FreeBSD 4* , 5* or 6*? I have one I would like to use for data back up, but I cant find the etc/fstab setup on the FreeBSD website to get info to install it. Any one know if it just uses the USB device name like ( usb

[LUAU] VMWare on Fedora Core 4

2005-09-19 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
This past weekend I spent some time playing with VMWare 5 (an evaluation copy) on FC4. Everything (AFAIK) worked out of the box-except bridged networking. But it didn't take long the get this nuisance fixed. On a plain vanilla machine (Athlon64 2800+ w/ 1GB DDR), I really couldn't notice any

Re: [LUAU] OT: Looking for networks-off topic

2005-09-19 Thread Jim Thompson
On Sep 18, 2005, at 5:03 PM, Tim Newsham wrote: I've had more practice in analytical and exploratory programming in the last two years than I ever wanted. And then there's always a certain amount of fear that you're going to program something wrong and burn it up. You get over this wh