[armedslack] Armedslack/Beagleboard (someone have tried?)

[Johann Peter Dirichlet]

2009/9/2 Thierry MERLE <thierry.merle at free.fr>:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:50:18 +0100 (BST)
> Stuart Winter <m-lists at biscuit.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> > > But my question here is different: someone have tried running
>> > > ARMedslack "inside" Beagleboard? I am thinking buy some, and play (and
>> > > make heavy use, of course) with them.
>> >
>> > I have a BeagleBoard, but I haven't found time yet to get Armedslack running
>> > on it. It's on my TODO list though... :)
>> >
>> > I don't know whether the current ARM compiled Slackware will work or boot on
>> > it...
>>
>> I knew there was someone with a beagleboard.
>>
>> I've done a brief web search -- Debian runs on the beagleboard so
>> I would imagine that the ARMedslack packages would be ok too;
>> you would need your own Kernel though - Linux 2.6.22 minimum (because
>> glibc expects 2.6.22 or greater).
>>
>> What do you want to do with the beagle board?  I have had a quick
>> look at beagleboard.org but I can't figure out exactly what the board's
>> market is.

My idea is to make a netbook or nettop with a Beagleboard.
>>
>> Even though ARM is predominantly for embedded devices, Slackware ARM
>> is aimed at "full" systems like desktop machines, or devices where
>> you have disc storage and enough RAM.

Desktop ARM... Sounds good!
In fakt, Haiku project is doing an ARM version, too.
>>
> Well, I am running armedslack on my NSLU2 (266MHz ARM CPU, 32Mb RAM).
> It does some server stuff (imap/webmail, NFS, samba, digital TV recording, ...).
> You can do something similar with the beagleboard, at least.
> The dvi out + audio out makes it a good HD media player I suppose (with mplayer in fb mode).
>
> Personally I will change my NSLU2 for the sheevaplug (I hope to receive it soon), due to CPU speed mainly.
>
>> I'm currently looking at the OpenRD client:
>> http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-openrdcdetails.aspx
>> This looks like a great device because of the size of RAM and
>> expansion ports; I'm waiting the plugcomputer.org forum to see how people
>> get on with it before buying it though, but since ARMedslack already
>> supports the SheevaPlug, the OpenRD hopefully should be relatively easy
>> to get ARMedslack onto.
>>
> The wired SATA, many USB and the VGA output makes this little device a good thin PC.
> Well a little old netbook is still better...
>
> Regards,
> Thierry
>
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