Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kenneth Porter wrote: > | --On Friday, January 11, 2008 10:01 AM +0530 "Vishak V. Kurup" > | <vishak.kurup at nestgroup.net> wrote: > | > |> My device configuration is as follows. > |> CPU : intel Celeron M 1.60 Ghz > |> DIMM : W/DDR 1GB ECC > |> IDE(Primary Master) : Compact Flash (1 GB) > |> IDE(Primary Master) : Compact Flash (256 GB) > | > | How big is that? I'm looking for an embedded Linux that would fit in a > | 3x3x1 inch box, with Ethernet and maybe an FPGA to do fast custom > | digital I/O (10 Mbps comm link to another device). I'm not doing data > | collection so don't need vast storage; my 2 GB micro SD card would be > | more than enough. But lots of memory would be nice and an FPU would be > | ideal. (I'm doing trig.) > > You can do a lot with 1 GB disk if you stri things down correctly. But > let's face it. It will no longer be Centos. Not by a long shot. > > So I suggest anyone willing to start on this sort of adventures to use > what has been developed allready for such applications and not trying to > reinvent the weel for the zillionth time. > Some of us are curious about where to get such a large CF: see the second drive. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)