Hi Folks, How much disc space does an install of Limey consume? I bought a diskless work station based upon an Atom 230 chip with 1GB of RAM and a 1GB built in flash card (removeable). I'm wondering if I can get away with installing Limey on the 1GB flash and thus not have to splurge on an HDD. Thanks Mark -- /\/\ark Phillips
Think I just answered my own question .... From the limeylinux FAQ How much space does the distribution take up on the Compact Flash? The current version takes up 80 MB of the total compact flash storage area. On 03/09/2011 03:49 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi Folks,
How much disc space does an install of Limey consume? I bought a diskless work station based upon an Atom 230 chip with 1GB of RAM and a 1GB built in flash card (removeable).
I'm wondering if I can get away with installing Limey on the 1GB flash and thus not have to splurge on an HDD.
Thanks
Mark
-- /\/\ark Phillips
Something I have been doing on these systems and some other friends have done is to remove the hard drive all together and use a USB memory stick. I have just seen too many hard drive failures in the past. Haven't lost a USB memory stick yet... Corey N3FE -----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:52 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume? Think I just answered my own question .... From the limeylinux FAQ How much space does the distribution take up on the Compact Flash? The current version takes up 80 MB of the total compact flash storage area. On 03/09/2011 03:49 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi Folks,
How much disc space does an install of Limey consume? I bought a diskless work station based upon an Atom 230 chip with 1GB of RAM and a 1GB built in flash card (removeable).
I'm wondering if I can get away with installing Limey on the 1GB flash and thus not have to splurge on an HDD.
Thanks
Mark
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Well how do you go about setting that up on a usb drive? Are you using limey or acid??? I would like to do that too. Jon VA3RQ On 3/9/2011 4:11 PM, Corey Dean wrote:
Something I have been doing on these systems and some other friends have done is to remove the hard drive all together and use a USB memory stick. I have just seen too many hard drive failures in the past. Haven't lost a USB memory stick yet...
Corey N3FE
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:52 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume?
Think I just answered my own question ....
From the limeylinux FAQ
How much space does the distribution take up on the Compact Flash?
The current version takes up 80 MB of the total compact flash storage area.
On 03/09/2011 03:49 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi Folks,
How much disc space does an install of Limey consume? I bought a diskless work station based upon an Atom 230 chip with 1GB of RAM and a 1GB built in flash card (removeable).
I'm wondering if I can get away with installing Limey on the 1GB flash and thus not have to splurge on an HDD.
Thanks
Mark
Yes me too! I've tried to build ACID on a USB stick and come unstuck! :-P I gave a up a few months ago so cant remember what the issues were now... I also tried to build Limey but I think the builds that were available were not compatible with my motherboard which is an embedded system. The installer would run but just freeze at a point where it was "freeing up unused ram" and that was that. Its a shame as I have loads of these embedded things in my shed waiting for a use! Matt. G4RKY On 9 March 2011 21:28, Jon Rorke <jrorke@cogeco.ca> wrote:
Well how do you go about setting that up on a usb drive? Are you using limey or acid???
I would like to do that too.
Jon VA3RQ
On 3/9/2011 4:11 PM, Corey Dean wrote:
Something I have been doing on these systems and some other friends have done is to remove the hard drive all together and use a USB memory stick. I have just seen too many hard drive failures in the past. Haven't lost a USB memory stick yet...
Corey N3FE
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:52 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume?
Think I just answered my own question ....
From the limeylinux FAQ
How much space does the distribution take up on the Compact Flash?
The current version takes up 80 MB of the total compact flash storage area.
On 03/09/2011 03:49 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi Folks,
How much disc space does an install of Limey consume? I bought a diskless work station based upon an Atom 230 chip with 1GB of RAM and a 1GB built in flash card (removeable).
I'm wondering if I can get away with installing Limey on the 1GB flash and thus not have to splurge on an HDD.
Thanks
Mark
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Using Acid. Just have to have a computer that the bios support USB boot and a USB Memory stick bigger than 4 gig. Remove the hard drive put in the memory stick and boot up the cd. It will find the USB stick as the hard drive. Thanks,,, Corey -----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Jon Rorke Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 4:28 PM To: APP_RPT_Users Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume? Well how do you go about setting that up on a usb drive? Are you using limey or acid??? I would like to do that too. Jon VA3RQ On 3/9/2011 4:11 PM, Corey Dean wrote:
Something I have been doing on these systems and some other friends have done is to remove the hard drive all together and use a USB memory stick. I have just seen too many hard drive failures in the past. Haven't lost a USB memory stick yet...
Corey N3FE
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:52 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume?
Think I just answered my own question ....
From the limeylinux FAQ
How much space does the distribution take up on the Compact Flash?
The current version takes up 80 MB of the total compact flash storage area.
On 03/09/2011 03:49 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi Folks,
How much disc space does an install of Limey consume? I bought a diskless work station based upon an Atom 230 chip with 1GB of RAM and a 1GB built in flash card (removeable).
I'm wondering if I can get away with installing Limey on the 1GB flash and thus not have to splurge on an HDD.
Thanks
Mark
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On 03/09/2011 06:31 PM, Corey Dean wrote:
Using Acid. Just have to have a computer that the bios support USB boot and a USB Memory stick bigger than 4 gig. Remove the hard drive put in the memory stick and boot up the cd. It will find the USB stick as the hard drive.
Thanks,,, Corey
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Jon Rorke Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 4:28 PM To: APP_RPT_Users Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume?
Well how do you go about setting that up on a usb drive? Are you using limey or acid???
I would like to do that too.
Jon VA3RQ
On 3/9/2011 4:11 PM, Corey Dean wrote:
Something I have been doing on these systems and some other friends have done is to remove the hard drive all together and use a USB memory stick. I have just seen too many hard drive failures in the past. Haven't lost a USB memory stick yet...
Corey N3FE
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:52 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume?
Think I just answered my own question ....
From the limeylinux FAQ
How much space does the distribution take up on the Compact Flash?
The current version takes up 80 MB of the total compact flash storage area.
On 03/09/2011 03:49 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi Folks,
How much disc space does an install of Limey consume? I bought a diskless work station based upon an Atom 230 chip with 1GB of RAM and a 1GB built in flash card (removeable).
I'm wondering if I can get away with installing Limey on the 1GB flash and thus not have to splurge on an HDD.
Thanks
Mark
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One drawback to doing this is the files in the /var directory are overwritten quite often. Your Flash-based USB stick may not hold up to such abuse because each flash sector can only withstand a limited number of rewrites before it corrupts the data. For ACID, you are better off using a true Solid State Disk which is designed to tolerate such abuse. SSD's have wear leveling which makes them last longer than straight USB sticks. Unfortunately they also cost more. This is the main reason why Limey runs off a ramdisk instead of continuing to use the CF. Steve WA6ZFT
Totally understandable... The reason I went this way was because I was doing a lot of testing with other asterisk related projects that were work related. I still have 2 systems running with 8 gig usb memory sticks and they have been up for almost 6 years now. The scsi drives in some of our raid 5 setups haven't even lasted that long... -----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Rodgers Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:39 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume? On 03/09/2011 06:31 PM, Corey Dean wrote:
Using Acid. Just have to have a computer that the bios support USB boot and a USB Memory stick bigger than 4 gig. Remove the hard drive put in the memory stick and boot up the cd. It will find the USB stick as the hard drive.
Thanks,,, Corey
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Jon Rorke Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 4:28 PM To: APP_RPT_Users Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume?
Well how do you go about setting that up on a usb drive? Are you using limey or acid???
I would like to do that too.
Jon VA3RQ
On 3/9/2011 4:11 PM, Corey Dean wrote:
Something I have been doing on these systems and some other friends have done is to remove the hard drive all together and use a USB memory stick. I have just seen too many hard drive failures in the past. Haven't lost a USB memory stick yet...
Corey N3FE
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:52 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume?
Think I just answered my own question ....
From the limeylinux FAQ
How much space does the distribution take up on the Compact Flash?
The current version takes up 80 MB of the total compact flash storage area.
On 03/09/2011 03:49 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi Folks,
How much disc space does an install of Limey consume? I bought a diskless work station based upon an Atom 230 chip with 1GB of RAM and a 1GB built in flash card (removeable).
I'm wondering if I can get away with installing Limey on the 1GB flash and thus not have to splurge on an HDD.
Thanks
Mark
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One drawback to doing this is the files in the /var directory are overwritten quite often. Your Flash-based USB stick may not hold up to such abuse because each flash sector can only withstand a limited number of rewrites before it corrupts the data. For ACID, you are better off using a true Solid State Disk which is designed to tolerate such abuse. SSD's have wear leveling which makes them last longer than straight USB sticks. Unfortunately they also cost more. This is the main reason why Limey runs off a ramdisk instead of continuing to use the CF. Steve WA6ZFT _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users -- This message was scanned and is believed to be clean. Click here to report this message as spam. http://simba.repeater.net/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=A017C2F9E4.AA250
I prefer compact flash cards and IDE (or SATA) to CF adapters. CF cards cost a little more than thumb drives, but IMHO, are more reliable. I can't tell you how many thumb drives I've thrown away over the years that just quit working, whereas I can't recall ever having a CF act up. --- Jeff WN3A
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Jon Rorke Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 4:28 PM To: APP_RPT_Users Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume?
Well how do you go about setting that up on a usb drive? Are you using limey or acid???
I would like to do that too.
Jon VA3RQ
On 3/9/2011 4:11 PM, Corey Dean wrote:
Something I have been doing on these systems and some other friends have done is to remove the hard drive all together and use a USB memory stick. I have just seen too many hard drive failures in the past. Haven't lost a USB memory stick yet...
Corey N3FE
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:52 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How much space does an install of Limey comsume?
Think I just answered my own question ....
From the limeylinux FAQ
How much space does the distribution take up on the Compact Flash?
The current version takes up 80 MB of the total compact flash storage area.
On 03/09/2011 03:49 PM, Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi Folks,
How much disc space does an install of Limey consume? I bought a diskless work station based upon an Atom 230 chip with 1GB of RAM and a 1GB built in flash card (removeable).
I'm wondering if I can get away with installing Limey on the 1GB flash and thus not have to splurge on an HDD.
Thanks
Mark
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