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On Jan 29, 2008 4:40 PM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 15:27 +0000, Robin Cornelius wrote: > > <snip> > > > Again, yes if Debianised. It is possible to run somethings directly in > > the 8MB flash if they are all small enough then no Debianisation > > needed, but i coudn't be bothered with this. Its much more fun and > > flexible with a full distro. > > > > Mines running a web server and apt repository 24/7 now, its quite a > > busy little beast but it means i can turn off my main PC when not in > > use to save (lots) of power. > > Sounds like a pretty smart bit of kit. I think I'll have to get one of > these for myself. I assume that it's also possible to plug in a USB pen > drive (say for Debian use?) rather than having to plug in an external > hard drive? > Yes, just be a little careful with swap space, logs and atime, you don't want thousands of writes to your flash. I think if you google this problem its well documented with solutions that mitigate the worst of the problem. Robin -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html