Hi All, it looks like there are some good news after all. According to: http://www.pcengines.ch/wrapeol.htm cheaper alternatives are on the way. Grapevine suggests $60.
I hope it will not be too long. Regards, solo. --- Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > Yes, I have the same thought. Over the weekend, I > have tried out OE and > here is my initial findings: > > - Multi-arch build is easy, as it builds from > scratch, even the > cross-compile toolchain. > - It has to build *everything* and requires a lot of > CPU and diskspace > in my build machine (remember I used uml for all > voyage development?). > I am now thinking of buying a new build machine - > may be a older version > Mac Mini. > - The wireless part (hostapd, madwifi-modules) seems > to be un-maintained > - needs few more hacks to get it build as there are > inter-dependency at > build time (same problem in debian as well, but > someone had solved it). > - customized kernel-build needs more investigation - > seems not straight > forward. > > My investigation does not necessary mean Voyage will > switch to OE > platform. It will only be a new thing. Voyage will > still be offered as > free software as it is today and ties to Debian. It > is not going to change. > > Regards, > Punky > > Matthias Lemke wrote: > > then should "open embedded" be the first choice... > > > > regards > > > > > > Kim-man 'Punky' TSE schrieb: > > > >> Hi Solomon, > >> > >> I seems impossible to get a lower price x86-based > embedded board. > >> Other non-x86 embedded boards in MIP, ARM or > XScale architecture does > >> not have enough flash size for storing the > disk-space hungry Debian. > >> With squashfs+unionfs we've seen in Live CD, we > can't have a distro > >> lower than ~30MB. Even with squashfs with lzma > support, it also can't > >> lower than 25MB. > >> > >> If Voyage is going to support non-x86 borads, it > will not be Debian > >> anymore, and it can't be called Voyage either, as > Voyage Linux implies > >> Debian-based distro. > >> Regards, > >> Punky > >> > >> > >> > >> Solomon Asare wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> I use lots of mikrotik products myself and they > are > >>> excellent if all you need is a wireless/router > without > >>> any special/unique customisation that you may > want to > >>> roll out yourself. And the 112 is competitively > >>> priced. > >>> > >>> A licence upgrade, if required, after expiration > of > >>> the one your 112 board came with, will set you > back by > >>> about $40 at a latter date. > >>> > >>> Moreover, my competitors are also using Mikrotik > or > >>> cheaper alternatives and I was wondering if, > with a > >>> cheaper mboard + flash + memory and voyage, I > can put > >>> together a radio more competitively. I am almost > at > >>> the point where I may have to give the radio out > and > >>> make money on monthly bandwidth charges which > are not > >>> much. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> solomon. > >>> > >>> > >>> --- Andrew Niemantsverdriet > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Check out the routerboard 112. It has board > memory > >>>> and flash for $99. My > >>>> research and development budget ran out for > this > >>>> quater otherwise I would > >>>> get one and see what can be done with it. > Anyway > >>>> here is a link: > >>>> > >>>> http://www.routerboard.com/prices.html > >>>> > >>>> Has anybody used these? Do they work? The > cheapest I > >>>> can build a wrap is > >>>> $127 not including a radio or enclosure. And > that is > >>>> in quantiy 10. > >>>> > >>>> I will be interested to hear of others if there > are > >>>> any. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Hi All, > >>>>> to make voyage more attractive as a > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Wireless/Router OS > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> I guess we need a cheaper embedded > motherboard. > >>>>> > >>>>> Please, does anyone have any suggestions apart > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> from > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> WRAP? > >>>>> > >>>>> Is it possible to get say a ($60 - $80) board > + > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> memory > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> + flash that can support a client? Pentium 200 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> should > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> be more than adequate. Any links? > >>>>> > >>>>> Best Regards, > >>>>> solomon. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Voyage-linux mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux > >>> > >>> > >> > > > -- > Regards, > Punky > > P U N K N ! X . c o m > Technology + Lifestyle > (http://www.punknix.com) > > V O Y A G E . H K - http://www.voyage.hk > Linux - voyage-0.2 is released! > Store - New Senao NMP-8601 and NMP-8602 (100mW) in > stock! > - New low price for Senao NMP-8602 Plus > (400mW)! > > _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
