Siduhe Wrote:
> Hein / Gabriel,
>
> I am referring to the standard Linkstation HD250LAN - but you need be a
> bit careful whether you have a PPC or an MIPS version of the Linkstation
> as the installation process is a little different. They are not two
> seperate products, but different versions of the same product. Buffalo
> swapped the processor to the more powerful MIPS some time in 2005 AFIAK.
> Most Linkstations for sale now will be MIPS, I believe.
>
> I can do no better than refer you to the excellent instructions by Marc
> D. Field below:
>
> http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html
>
> I followed these on a PPC Linkstation and as a *total* Linux /
> Slimserver newbie (some time ago now) without any real problems. I
> found the old PPC Linkstation more than adequate for my initial needs,
> but a bit underpowered (i.e. slower rescans and web browsing, and you
> can't run things like Alien BBC on it). A couple of years and a few
> thousand songs later, I now run a dedicated music server.
>
> The new MIPS version of the Linkstation is a bit more powerful and I
> believe some people have even managed to get Alien BBC up and running
> on it.
AFAIK, Buffalo is continuing to produce LinkStations with PPC
processors as well as MIPS. It depends not only on older vs. newer
LinkStations, but also on the model line.
HD-HG ('gigabit') are 266MHz PPC with 128MB RAM
older HD-H are 200MHz PPC with 64MB RAM
newer HD-H are 400MHz MIPS with 64MB RAM
I know that comparing speeds of different processor families is not
always straightforward, so I don't honestly know if a 400MHz MIPS is
faster than a 266MHz PPC. I am running slimserver on an HD-HG250, and
it does fine driving 2 squeezeboxen.
For additional details on the Linkstation hardware configuration, see
the "Hardware" section of
http://linkstationwiki.org/Information/Information
Then there's the new LinkStation 'Home Server' line (HS-D). I couldn't
find processor and RAM information on the Buffalo site, and as far as I
know no one has posted hacks for opening this box's system to run
slimserver.
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