I'd like to preserve my existing Unslung installation and experiment with some new packages that **might** screw things up. So I'd like to back up the entire...
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sdleander
Mar 2, 2011 3:08 am
All - I have been running unslung for a couple of weeks, and I was following the instructions on how to repair disk errors with fsck (boot times were 4-5 min)...
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Bill
docbillnet
Mar 2, 2011 3:56 am
I recently accidently updated a router so that it would not respond to the internet when configuring IPV6. However, I had a set of start-up scripts that it...
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sdleander
Mar 2, 2011 4:10 am
Nevermind.... It was just sleeping for 20min or so! The Ethernet light came back on, it forgot it's address (switched back to default 192.168.1.77), I was...
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Mai Kee Reis
maik_nospam_...
Mar 3, 2011 11:01 pm
... I had _exactly_ the same around XMAS. 3 Times, each with nearly 2 weeks between. Then I replaced the Power Supply. It was gone weak after 3 years. Mai Kee...
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trulygilbert
Mar 6, 2011 5:38 am
Hi there - I just unslung my NSLU2 and had accidentally created a file foo.bar larger than 2GB and got this error when listing the file: ls: ./foo.bar: Value...
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rolandkbs
Mar 6, 2011 11:38 am
You can install the coreutils package. The commands of this package (including ls and rm) are able to handle files >2GB. Regards, Roland...
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bruce
bturrie
Mar 6, 2011 8:55 pm
Just installed ipkg on a new pogoplug following the instructions from the readme.txt at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nslu2-general/files/Plug%20Files/....
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Mai Kee Reis
maik_nospam_...
Mar 7, 2011 6:44 pm
Today I'm using the "SheevaPlug" since exactly 6 months (aside of 3 original NSLU2, which are still running). My recommendation for the alternative, in case...
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oddballhero
Mar 9, 2011 6:26 am
Hello Bruce, Thanks for the heads up. I added your changes to readme.txt and added the repository information in plug.tar.gz....
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Ralph&Maria Finch
ralph.finch
Mar 10, 2011 4:35 pm
Is the Chumby One another alternative? woot.com has this on sale, today only, $49.99 + $5 shipping. But I've decided to keep my NSLU2 until I can get a device...
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Bill
docbillnet
Mar 10, 2011 7:41 pm
This is an interesting alternative. It looks like you can even run debian on it, but only in a chroot type environment. The lack of a built-in Ethernet...
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stripwax
Mar 14, 2011 9:49 pm
... Apart from the USB 3.0 (is that even mainstream yet?), there are devices that fit that bill although not necessarily cheap: for example, the fit-pc...
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oddballhero
Mar 16, 2011 6:58 pm
Irregular Shed reports that when he did "ipkg install optware-devel", and wget-ssl was installed, it was missing libidn which kinda knocks out wget. Luckily...
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oddballhero
Mar 17, 2011 2:35 pm
I guess if the Chumby One can be on the list so can the Sony Dash. It has a bigger screen....
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Paul M
pmooney22
Mar 17, 2011 10:39 pm
isn't the Dash a Chumby in different packaging? ___________________________________________________________________________________ Disclaimers: I have entered...
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oddballhero
Mar 18, 2011 3:37 pm
Yeah that's why I said if the Chumby One is on the list then so should Dash, it's sometimes cheaper than the Chumby One on Amazon, same OS but better specs....
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oddballhero
Mar 18, 2011 3:37 pm
Just upscale to the Chumby and the Dash is the Insignia Infocast 8 which is actually cheaper than either one at bestbuy. Interesting that as the specs get...
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Ralph Finch
ralph.finch
Mar 19, 2011 12:00 am
I was talking with a co-worker about these gizmotrons and we thought, why not combine this with a wireless router? Then the total specs would be: ....
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allthedecentnameshave...
allthedecent...
Mar 19, 2011 5:57 pm
... I've got a Chumby One. Really like it. I've never really done much with it beyond the out-the-box usage, though. My favourite thing is an Easter Egg though...
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Bill
docbillnet
Mar 20, 2011 2:29 pm
Of course it looks like none of these alternatives are available in Canada at a reasonable price. Recently I have been migrating most of my services off my...
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adflyer_09
Mar 20, 2011 2:34 pm
I'm considering fitting one of the more permanent auto-power-on mods described at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/ForcePowerAlwaysOn. Once that's fitted,...
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Mike Westerhof
mjwest61
Mar 20, 2011 10:46 pm
... Choose wisely. ;) ... Certainly you can enter upgrade mode with the reset button -- it relies on the approx 10 second period from power-up, regardless of...
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Marc Berlioux
marcberlioux...
Mar 28, 2011 6:39 pm
I'm a newcomer to this list I've designed some hardware that might interest some of you: http://berlioux.com/electronique/boomerang/boomerang-en.html in...
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adflyer_09
Mar 28, 2011 7:50 pm
Hey, thanks for your prompt answer. I'd previously replied but the post never appeared, so here it is (roughly) again... ... Why is there more to it than meets...
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Greg Holdren
gregholdren
Mar 30, 2011 7:33 am
Marc, Thanks for sharing this! Greg...
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Marc Berlioux
marcberlioux...
Mar 30, 2011 2:32 pm
... It's 1 year of hard work but : it's been made thanks to the free documentation from the nslu2-linux.org web site it's been made with free software it runs...
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Richard Hughes
richardhughe...
Mar 30, 2011 5:31 pm
COOL! On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Marc Berlioux ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Patrik
putteh
Mar 31, 2011 7:39 am
Thats nice! And a good inspiration, I might not build the whole card but may use parts of it. Regards Patrik ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Marc Berlioux
marcberlioux...
Mar 31, 2011 3:12 pm
Next one is for WRT54G it's a bit off-topic, but not that much http://berlioux.com/electronique/wrt-sim/wrt-sim.html features: RS232, 1-wire, SD card the...
