Re: arm926RJ-S in unknown 7" netbook - Ideas on loading debian?

2010-02-16 Thread steve pirk [egrep]
surgence in interest. Hate for a netbook to go to waste ;-] Flow announcement is on http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/ -- steve steve pirk refiamerica.org "father... the sleeper has awakened..." paul atreides - dune kexp.org member august '09

Re: News from GlobalScale Technologies

2010-02-05 Thread steve pirk [egrep]
ject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- steve pirk refiamerica.org "father... the sleeper has awakened..." paul atreides - dune kexp.org member august '09

Re: arm926RJ-S in unknown 7" netbook - Ideas on loading debian?

2010-01-04 Thread steve pirk [egrep]
built 2 or 3 different ISO ones. Still experimenting. I was able to confirm that without docs and the bios password it is a very light brick. Cannot touch the current flash without the password. It would have made a nice thin client though... --steve -- steve pirk refiamerica.org "father...

arm926RJ-S in unknown 7" netbook - Ideas on loading debian?

2010-01-02 Thread steve pirk [egrep]
, I could not resist the challenge. Make a hell of an always on thin client/media/whatever thingie. I want to put one in my car. Oh, has an SD slot besides the 3 usb ports. And wireless. Wireless... ;-] --steve steve pirk refiamerica.org "father... the sleeper has awakened..." paul a

Re: debian installer on sheevaplug; partitioning usb flash drive problem and workaround

2009-12-29 Thread steve pirk [egrep]
at booted into the older 2.6.30.xx kernel.) > > Thanks again for the useful instructions! > > Cheers, >Frank Horowitz > fr...@horow.net > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- steve pirk refiamerica.org "father... the sleeper has awakened..." paul atreides - dune kexp.org member august '09

Re: Problem went away mysteriously [Re: Bricked my SheevaPlug?]

2009-06-20 Thread Steve Pirk
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, John Hughes wrote: Rick Thomas a écrit : Generally, I do leave the debug/console USB plugged in all the time. Are you referring to plugging/unplugging the console USB when you say "strange things" happen? Yes, I've seen the plug crash, with the blue light turning off when

Re: Problem went away mysteriously [Re: Bricked my SheevaPlug?]

2009-06-20 Thread Steve Pirk
On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Kurt Pruenner wrote: 199.00 for the board/manuals/software/power adapter 50.00 for the enclosure (bummer!) http://globalscaletechnologies.com/p-21-openrd-client.aspx Actually, I'm pretty sure the 199 USD include the enclosure, as otherwise the OpenRD-Base, which lists th

Re: Problem went away mysteriously [Re: Bricked my SheevaPlug?]

2009-06-19 Thread Steve Pirk
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Rick Thomas wrote: My new info is at the end of this message. Scroll down to the end. Thanks! to all who replied with suggestions. Last night I unplugged everything and went home. I got a good night's sleep, and so, apparently, did my little plug. I came in this mornin

Re: Bricked my SheevaPlug?

2009-06-18 Thread Steve Pirk
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Rick Thomas wrote: On Jun 18, 2009, at 4:46 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: I needed to move my SheevaPlug to a different part of the lab. I neglected to mention that it was running fine (Debian Lenny based on Martin's tarball, booting from a 16GB USB stick) before I shut it down

Re: Debian 5.0 (lenny) tar ball for the SheevaPlug - USB install

2009-06-17 Thread Steve Pirk
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Rick Thomas wrote: On Jun 17, 2009, at 8:18 AM, John Hughes wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: On May 12, 2009, at 3:39 AM, John Hughes wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: Next: (when they release a version that supports both of the on-chip ethernet ports) I plan to replace my home router/

Re: Debian 5.0 (lenny) tar ball for the SheevaPlug - USB install

2009-06-16 Thread Steve Pirk
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, David Given wrote: Last I looked the OpenRD wasn't out yet. DENIED! Arrrggghhh!!! lol I know what you mean; my home server is now running off a SheevaPlug, and it is definitely a bit stressed. It's got five USB hard drives hanging off the single USB channel, and it

Re: Debian 5.0 (lenny) tar ball for the SheevaPlug - USB install

2009-06-16 Thread Steve Pirk
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009, Rick Thomas wrote: On May 12, 2009, at 3:39 AM, John Hughes wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: Next: (when they release a version that supports both of the on-chip ethernet ports) I plan to replace my home router/firewall/IPv6-tunnel-endpoint with a Debian shivaplug. I think you wa

Re: Installing debian on ARM board

2009-04-25 Thread Steve Pirk
The web site for the sheeva plug has boot from nfs (partially) instructions. http://plugcomputer.org. Also, maybe look at some of the docs on the Marvell site. http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/sheevaplug.jsp -- Steve Equal bytes for women. On Wed, 22 Apr

Re: [OT] SheevaPlug

2009-04-23 Thread Steve Pirk
Sorry, based in the states. I love mine. Going to order a few more next paycheck. Definitely worth the cost. Read about people working with it at: http://plugcomputer.org -- Steve Equal bytes for women. On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Rafal Czlonka wrote: Hi All, It's a little bit off-topic but I'm th

Re: [SheevaPlug] Order not received

2009-04-16 Thread Steve Pirk
On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, David Given wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Pirk wrote: [...] Having never used Ubuntu/Debian for more than an hour in gui mode only, I have to say that I did not realize how broken the install was. Mine is up and serving it's first web sit

Re: [SheevaPlug] Order not received

2009-04-15 Thread Steve Pirk
On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, David Given wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Given wrote: [...] It arrived yesterday. I've done a decent write-up and some benchmarks: http://www.cowlark.com/2009-04-15-sheevaplug Short summary: larger than you'd think, the preloaded Ubuntu is br

Marvell SheevaPlug ARM computers first look

2009-04-12 Thread Steve Pirk
There is a thread on ubuntuforums about the Sheeva plug computer from early testers that have gotten the device. So far so good, it looks like someone did a great job of building the system. A lot of us have questions that may be more generic about Denian ports than specific to the Sheeva. In m