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  • From: sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] running Basic Linux from a USB data stick or from a CD-ROM
  • Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 22:08:58 +0000 (UTC)

On Fri, 6 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>

This implies that one ought to check hda hdb hdc and maybe hdd for
a /baslin. Would the pcmcia memory card go to hdb in your case, or
hdd?

I'm not sure. I haven't even seen, much less used, a PCMCIA disk
adapter. Question: On your laptops, are both ide0 and ide1 listed
in dmesg, or just ide0?

I will check next time I am near that laptop computer.


- Use the current version either 1) with sox 2) with a newer kernel
3) no sound
I AM using sox and the whole point of this was to play sound (realaudio).

So is there a problem? MPlayer handles the decoding of realaudio, and
sox handles the playback?

I will try piping the real audio to sox since you won't be compiling again soon for older computers. I think you suggested how in an earlier posting. Or work on setting up the 600 and 750MHz computer so I can use the first mplayer you compiled.

I think our new cutoff will be 233MHz.

For desktops? Or do you actually get laptops that new? Even dead
Pentium MMX or better laptops are selling for $100+ on eBay.

The guy who gave us the most recent motherboards also gave us a pentium 75MHz laptop (not MMX) that works well (apart from the battery, of course) and a former housemate's sister gave us a 266MHz laptop with dead hard drive and someone else just gave us a 40 GB laptop hard drive, amazingly. He does Macs. We also have one 486 laptop that works with linux but not Xvesa (that has the pcmcia setup for the CF adaptor) which I need to try with Stephens svga setup.


Also we used to volunteer running the electronics dept at a local
Kiwanis club with a weekly rummage sale and we still fix things
there and raid the dumpster. We now have two dead PDAs - can you
put linux on them if they revive?

How dead are they? I have a Palm Zire that worked for me (but only
ran certain software) until the screen went out. It's not very
useful now that the screen merely displays stripes. I wonder how I
can fix it.
No sign of any life at all.


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