[debian-knoppix] Portable embedded distro
usb is quite slow. it takes ~5 minutes to trasfer a 180mb file.
try this:
# sync; date; dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/x bs=1M count=180; sync; date
it takes about 7s seconds on my dma100 harddisk. an this:
# sync; date; dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/x bs=1M count=1800; sync; date
takes 58s seconds
now try the same thing with your usb-stick (usually /dev/sda1), enjoy :-)
floppy emulation emulates the original floppy-speed, too - at leas the
transcend usb-stick does so :-( - but when kernel and initrd are loaded,
you're back at full speed :-)
Ah OK - now I see the bottleneck . . .
> >you'll need a quite stripped down knoppix, but it works.
>
> Is there one available on the Net or did you create or your own?
I made my own (180 mb .. :-) )
Good for you
I am not up to that yet
(still doing my Linux programming on Windows)
You'll need to modify miniroot.gz: add the usb-modules, modify some lines in
linuxrc. there's a paper about that - "Boot KNOPPIX from an USB Memory Stick"
http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/
Now we are cooking . . .
Thanks for that link
> For example I would like to run Xbasic
> from such a system would this be workable?
yes. if you are patient .. ;-)
:-)
I'm not.
I think back to my original idea which is a PCI battery backed up
Ram Card.
Can you see where I am going with this?
Solid state memory -
what do we need hard disks for except as cheap storage and backup?
Some laptops have a resume function
that uses trickle charge to always keep
the ram active and a non volatile ram is under development
- meanwhile . . .
Has anyone done this to your knowledge?
(Is it possible to boot from a PCI card?)
> Arcos Multimedia jukebox
> about $500 (but maybe less now)
> it is really a hard disk in a secure
> case with built in music and video decoding software.
> Many companies are doing similar devices.
>
> He is already running out of space and I have suggested
> keeping 5 gig on a hard disk and uploading that.
ah, yes. I've seen something simillar on the msi website.
nik
40 gig becomes small - once you get all your CD's on there
you want to add your DVD collection . . .
m m m . . .
uses for them hard drives continues . . .
Lobster
"If you can do it
- you ain't trying"
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