[App_rpt-users] [Bulk] Suitability of boot media

[Benjamin L. Naber]

You can install Limey Linux on as small as 512MB. 



On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 08:05 +1100, Shane Morris wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am supposed to be having a HP T5630w thin client delivered to me
> today, and I was planning to install PBX In A Flash on it, which was
> recommended by one of the members of the list.
> 
> First up, can I install from say a 1GB stick to a 8 or 16GB stick, and
> leave the larger stick semi-permanently in the machine as boot media
> under the cover at the top? The thin client is quoted with only a 2GB
> IDE SSD, certainly not enough for this OS, and I don't want to wait
> another couple of weeks for postage on a 32GB IDE SSD.
> 
> Next question, which is the best version of PIAF to get? Nowhere that
> I can see does it quote which version of Asterisk its using or whether
> it would be suitable for use with the correct version for app_rpt
> (which is 1.4 as I take it from numerous discussions).
> 
> Last question - this'll be running on the thin client, and as we know,
> there are *some* security issues with 1.4 (of course, theres probably
> security issues with 1.8 too, but they haven't been exploited yet, so
> I'm not bashing 1.4, I know no piece of networked software is totally
> secure) so would you recommend using this "repeater controller" box on
> an IAX trunk to a 1.8 "PABX controller" box, and let the PABX face the
> world? I fully intend on using the internal but offsite connections
> over a VPN, but to get to the outside world and onto the PSTN it needs
> to go through my ITSPs, Exetels, indial account(s).
> 
> Of course, if this is recommended, which I strongly suspect it is,
> I'll have to get another thin client and load 1.8 on it, and establish
> the IAX trunk, which I imagine would be a simple exercise.
> 
> Thanks in advance for all your help!
> 
> Shane.
> 
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