On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 10:04:22PM +0100, Conor Wynne mentioned:
> I would image that switches and routers would use very little power, and
> I am entrigued by your suggestion of compact flash.
> Have you implemented this Padraig?
> I would welcome comments from anyone who has done so.
That's a long story. One to be saved for the pub.
But, to cut it short, I've run Pebble (a read-only CF-friendly version of
Debian, optimised for wireless access points) on FWA-3660's very happily.
They'll take really low power cyrix chips too.
http://www.advantech.com.tw/products/model.asp?Category_ID=1-KP9K8&PD=NA
They've even P4/gigabit versions now. Sweeet.
John
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!
