Date   : Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:41:12 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: OT PC architecture

On 21/04/2010 15:33, Tim Fardell wrote:

> Someone in our office managed to install Linux on an old Cisco 3000
> router, and made it into a Web server. Fun, but totally pointless as there
> was only about 2MB of Flash space left for web content.

My Neuros OSD (running a version of Linux) has a built-in web server. By 
default it returns 404s, but I tweaked it to show files from root 
(basically so I can walk around, I have little experience in how Unixy 
systems are set up - the symlinks are a nightmare!).

Given it has SD, USB, and CF support, plus ethernet... if ever I should 
decide to no longer use it for recording stuff off satellite, it 
probably wouldn't take a lot to turn it into a web server and hook it to 
the Livebox...

Getting going:
   http://www.heyrick.co.uk/blog/index.php?diary 100410

In more depth, screenshots, etc:
   http://www.heyrick.co.uk/blog/index.php?diary 100411


[Though, to be honest, I suspect something like the Beagleboard may be 
better suited to this than an ARM+DSP combo; especially if I'd like to 
run a PHP-enhanced server! On the other hand, realtime stats directly 
visible on the telly! :-) ]


Best wishes,

Rick.

-- 
Rick Murray, eeePC901 & ADSL WiFI'd into it, all ETLAs!
BBC B: DNFS, 2 x 5.25" floppies, EPROM prog, Acorn TTX
E01S FileStore, A3000/A5000/RiscPC/various PCs/blahblah...