-----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 site, so I am happy for the moment. It is > also acting as a dns slave zone and is accepting mail. Seems to be > faster than the toshiba laptop it is destined to replace in the future.
Hmm --- that's interesting; maybe it's just me! Did you not need the mkdir -p /var/cache/apt/archives/partial to make apt-get work, then? > Forum posts > list 2 watts as the typical power consumption, so I think low power is > also going to be a real selling point. One thing I completely forgot to mention is that it's utterly *silent*. I've dealt with no-moving-parts devices before but they usually have at least blinkenlights to let you know they're doing something. The SheevaPlug has nothing, and seeing it do a kernel compile or major benchmark (I tried running some of Phoronix' tests, but they didn't work very well for some reason) on a device with absolutely no feedback is quite unnerving. In a good way! My next step is to put a Debian userland on a USB drive, boot from it, and see if I can replace the on-board filesystem. u-boot looks ideal for playing with. - -- ┌─── ｄｇ＠ｃｏｗｌａｒｋ．ｃｏｍ ───── http://www.cowlark.com ───── │ │ "All power corrupts, but we need electricity." --- Diana Wynne Jones, │ _Archer's Goon_ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJ51mJf9E0noFvlzgRAlJwAJ0Uv1w3RORQ1zLiWM6RFfquEFewRACeLBu2 XSooSDiQ9aNtckbocvBbUJ4= =X/8f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
