Text 12052, 77 rader
Skriven 2008-12-09 16:37:54 av Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1)
  Kommentar till text 12051 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38)
Ärende: day by day
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Hello Maurice.

09 Dec 08 01:21, you wrote to me:

 MK> Yep.  I noticed Douglas (ttylinux maintainer) has been doing chroot
 MK> development and his howto on the subject fits perfectly into my
 MK> scheme. If you don't already have a copy of that then I'll be happy to
 MK> pass it along.

Nope, don't have it, but I was refering to Dan Ceppa, getting the wireless 
Broadcom NIC working ... , but the CHROOT one could just kick start me this 
side ...

 >> right now I am sorely tempted by an offer on a LinkSys WRT54 GL

 MK> I've seen those advertised.  A bit pricey and I believe they use a
 MK> mips processor which is currently not supported by ttylinux.  To be
 MK> honest I'd prefer the ...

 >> Intel 945GCLF2 Little Falls 2 all-in-one Integrated
 >> Intel Atom 330 Dual Core CPU

Well the LinkSys, will give me a wireless access point I can play with and a 
ADSL router should I need a second ... , and is just barely affordable ... , 
the Atom on the other hand will give me something I can do more with, but is 
around double the cost ... :-( <sob sob> :-))

 MK> and add a wireless pci card, Atheros is currently the way to go.  A
 MK> bit more money but you get FAR more bang for the buck.  Also it is
 MK> 64-bit. The LinkSys is out of step with future as well as current
 MK> possibilities but I suppose it depends on what you really want out of
 MK> all this networking stuff.

Hmm ... , I have a Laptop SMC wireless NIC here, which I believe uses the 
Atheros chipset, and a PCI/PCMCIA adapter which fits it nicely ... , no 
possibility of changing the antenna ... , but better than nothing I suppose 
... <BG>

 >> and wireless NIC's around here come in a strange variety of
 >> "brand names" and no or little indication as to what chipsets
 >> they are using

 MK> Same situation here.  However I lucked out with the latest one since
 MK> it was already tested by a local marina on their wireless network. I
 MK> didn't follow their lead as far as what software etc. but had the
 MK> advantage of knowing beforehand that it can be configured into AP
 MK> mode. The kernel driver still needs work but at least the madwifi one
 MK> works for now.  Looks like there is a future for it.

Right'o ...

 >> my wallet won't got there at present

 MK> I hear ya!  Join the club.  In the meantime I suggest we get what you
 MK> have working 100%.  Same goes for me.

As long as it keeps me off the "Net" and busy for awhile ... , thus saving my 
wallet some agony ... <BG> , you have no idea how tempted I am by that Atom 
board ... <sigh>

 >> Hopefully your flashdisk thingy is already working

 MK> Yeppers!  One problem with the eeePC;  I seem to have lost sight of
 MK> the onboard flash drive.  Funny it worked on Paul's so I'll have to
 MK> get him to bring it over when he comes for coffee next time and see
 MK> why there is a difference.  Supposedly they are the same model other
 MK> than his has a 4G onboard whereas this one is a 2G.  On the plus side
 MK> I see perl works. Got ttylinux booting from both a usb flashdisk as
 MK> well as a 2.5" 44-pin laptop drive on a usb adapter dealie.  Awesome!

Now that is strange, maybe they made some hardware changes as well, between 
the different models, and that is what is causing you grief ... :-(

Russell

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