On 6/30/2011 12:07 AM, Neil wrote: > Hi all, > > New to this list. I've been working with some high schoolers doing > engineering/robotics stuff and we built a nice 3+ axis stepper driven > workcell ... http://www.veisystems.com/nose/rw.html . > > Originally we set it up to work with a Mini-ITX motherboard, but it > does not like Ubuntu. Since it's an older mobo (EPIA 800), I'm > thinking I'll just get something more updated, and *proven* to work > with ubuntu. But not coming up with much, other than 2 options on the > hardware latency page. > > Can anyone recommend a mini-ITX (or other small) motherboard that will > work with ubuntu/EMC2? I know EMC2 doesn't need any fancy specs, so > hopefully I can get something for under $100, though more is fine if > necessary. Also, would be nice if it supports PATA as I have a number > of those drives laying around. Newegg has a number of low-cost > options, but I don't know if EMC2 will run on it. > > BTW, if there's a doc that has this info, sorry for the post and I'd > appreciate a link. > > Thanks, > -Neil.
Neil. I tip my hat to you for working with high schoolers on technical matters. I wish more people did. I have spent a fair amount of time with several FIRST Robotics teams and I know how frustrating, fun, frustrating, and rewarding it can be. Despite my packrat nature, I'd say dump the PATA drives. There's nothing more frustrating than the mysterious errors that start cropping up as hard drives begin to fail. Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
