The runix sounds interesting as one of the disadvantages of the current system is that no matter what size of CF you have it is partitioned to the size of the image. So the first thing I did was create a new partition for a key disk and another for things like voicemail. I would say my experience of linux is fairly basic but I can just about manage things like that.
There are obviously a wide range of abilities when it comes to linux and Asterisk knowledge but I imagine that one of the reasons [EMAIL PROTECTED] or whatever it is called these days became so popular is it was easy for anyone to use. For most people we have to start with the brain dead easy install and then as we learn more about what it is we are doing we can get a bit more advanced and perhaps start tweaking more than the standard things. But for many, myself included like the security of a standard release that is unmodified so that we have the same set up as thousands of others in the user community making it easier to support each other. What attracted me to Astlinux in the first place was I bought a Via Mini-ITX board that I had the idea of using as a simple telephone system for 2 IP phones and out of hours answering system (never got the out of hours working but that is another story). I figured that it would be ridiculous to install a full RedHat or similar distribution for this single task on such a low power system. Then I discovered that Astlinux ran on a CF and had a ready made image for the Via hardware, I was stoked thinking that would be the perfect solution. Low overhead for the low power machine, CF flash much cheaper than a Hard Drive and much less power used so good eco friendly solution. I found it initially very hard to set-up as I had to learn a new environment being used to RedHat, and had to learn about how the config files were stored and the inevitable steep learning curve of a new Asterisk user. I think there are many people who would like to just flash a CF and plug it in then set-up a couple of IP phones. The easier that is for the first time user the better. I think Astlinux is great but it is a steep curve for a novice. Perhaps I could suggest the following default set-up... The CF is formatted as a single partition and all available space is used complete with a set of example config files and a voicemail directory. That way a new user can just start using it without having to fugure out key disks etc. A more advanced user can use a seprated key disk if they want by installing a second CF or USB stick and running the make keydisk script to move config onto a key disk. An expert user can do whatever they like by building their own. Hope that makes sense and is some help. Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
