Ships With Linux (how?)

[joa]

Think i'll have an SD for OS+Apps and another for Emulators+Roms. That the OS card doesn't rely on the secondary card to run apps.

Why don't you want the OS on the nand, where it be by default when you get it?


I probably will do, i'm trying to understand a little about how it'll be setup so i can take the best course of action

 

[Tinnus]

My current plan is to take a mini 2-port USB 2.0 hub and put that + small usb drive guts inside the Pandora so that I have an extra some GB of permanent storage AND a usb host port capable of all 3 speeds (wire 2nd hub port to Pandora's original one)

While I'm at it I might end up finding space for some extra tiny usb gadget and get something like a 4-port hub but I'm pretty sure that's as much as will fit in there. Obviously I'm removing everything except the PCBs of the things, including desoldering the physical connectors and just wiring them instead. Heh, hope I don't end up frying my Pandora or something in the end

 

[sold]

QUOTE

Yes, we will ship them with tiny pimp hats, and when you turn it on it just tells you to fuck off and the next thing you know your TV is gone.

And so is your girlfriend.

And you're on drugs.



Best quote/sig on this forum ever! :lol:

 

[Squidge]

I probably will do, i'm trying to understand a little about how it'll be setup so i can take the best course of action

It will be setup with the OS on the nand and two empty sd card sockets. You then put your apps and stuff on these sd cards.

 

[Sphinxter]

Linux is linux, the distro on it is as good or better than any, replacing it will not reward you in the slightest. Best course of action would be to put some apps on an sd card and enjoy it.

 

[Ryzure]

Cheapie SDHC cards (16g+) are NOT SAFE for constant use (Id Est, housing an OS), burst access is the intended use (PMP's, digital cameras).

The cheaper large SDHC cards (A-Data, RiData, Transcend etc.) are buggy, and have a tendency to bust with constant read/write use, you've been warned

 

[kloplop321]

Cheapie SDHC cards (16g+) are NOT SAFE for constant use (Id Est, housing an OS), burst access is the intended use (PMP's, digital cameras).

The cheaper large SDHC cards (A-Data, RiData, Transcend etc.) are buggy, and have a tendency to bust with constant read/write use, you've been warned

Well if you can tell us what NOT to buy, then what is GOOD to buy for constant use, may I ask? :huh:
I would truly like to know

 

[Ryzure]

Cheapie SDHC cards (16g+) are NOT SAFE for constant use (Id Est, housing an OS), burst access is the intended use (PMP's, digital cameras).

The cheaper large SDHC cards (A-Data, RiData, Transcend etc.) are buggy, and have a tendency to bust with constant read/write use, you've been warned

Well if you can tell us what NOT to buy, then what is GOOD to buy for constant use, may I ask? :huh:
I would truly like to know


I'm not an expert... but I'd say stick with the bigger names; SanDisk, Kingston, when buying larger capacity cards. The cheapie bastards sacrifice quality for speed and storage, so you'll see SanDisk 16g cards are slower, and more expensive, but they work far better.

 

[kloplop321]

Cheapie SDHC cards (16g+) are NOT SAFE for constant use (Id Est, housing an OS), burst access is the intended use (PMP's, digital cameras).

The cheaper large SDHC cards (A-Data, RiData, Transcend etc.) are buggy, and have a tendency to bust with constant read/write use, you've been warned

Well if you can tell us what NOT to buy, then what is GOOD to buy for constant use, may I ask? :huh:
I would truly like to know


I'm not an expert... but I'd say stick with the bigger names; SanDisk, Kingston, when buying larger capacity cards. The cheapie bastards sacrifice quality for speed and storage, so you'll see SanDisk 16g cards are slower, and more expensive, but they work far better.


Yeah, I mean for photographers they want class 6 good burst memory, but I am sure it can wear out eventually. And I thought that Kingston was a 2nd class rate brand, so far their products have not failed me at all yet though

 

[joa]

I would be interested to how much space the OS will take up out of the box, and theoretically what other things will be expected to be stored on the NAND...

 

[benjymous]

I would be interested to how much space the OS will take up out of the box, and theoretically what other things will be expected to be stored on the NAND...

Most linux-live type distributions can cram a surprising amount into a couple of hundred meg, so I'd be surprised if the built-in distro used the whole NAND

 

[Vorporeal]

I would be interested to how much space the OS will take up out of the box, and theoretically what other things will be expected to be stored on the NAND...

Most linux-live type distributions can cram a surprising amount into a couple of hundred meg, so I'd be surprised if the built-in distro used the whole NAND


It probably won't use up all of the space. The stuff you'd fill the extra space with would be utilities that you'd want to have access to all the time, independent of what SD cards you have with you. You wouldn't want to put any major applications/games/emulators on the NAND.

 

[Username]

Just wondering if this would be considered a bad SD card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820178212

 

[Tom`]

Most linux-live type distributions can cram a surprising amount into a couple of hundred meg, so I'd be surprised if the built-in distro used the whole NAND

This one crams a surprising amount into less than 30 megs.

I don't think NAND space will be an issue at all...

 

[Kyo]

Yeah, just look at damn small linux

 

[javaJake]

I don't think NAND space will be an issue at all...
...and if it is an issue, you can always store it on a "bootable" (however that works) SD card.

 

[ish420]

With 256MB of nand, I'm sure a full custom desktop distro is possible. I've come across stripped xp os for the eeepc that reached less than 300MB. Also tinyxp about 400MB. Puppy linux, DamnSmallLinux. Whole lot of potential with 256MB of nand flash.