<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 09:29, Stuart Winter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:m-lists@biscuit.org.uk">m-lists@biscuit.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">> A netbook with an Intel Atom processor (x86 architecture) doesn't have<br>
> an ARM type processor.<br>
><br>
> So if you just want to install slackware on your Acer netbook you do<br>
> not need armedslack at all....but the x86 version of slackware with a<br>
> tweaked kernel supporting the intel ide controller.<br>
<br>
</div>heh. I saw this and wondered the same thing, but assumed (I hope) that<br>
Steve was calling it the "arm netbook" because he wanted to put ARMedslack<br>
under QEMU on it!<br>
<br>
Anyway, my OpenRD client has arrived just now so I'm really looking<br>
forward to having an ARM box with keyboard, VGA and sound. Now I just<br>
have to find where the openrd kernel patches are and drop update the<br>
kirkwood kernel.<br>
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--<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">Stuart Winter<br>
Slackware ARM: <a href="http://www.armedslack.org" target="_blank">www.armedslack.org</a><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>I think that "diversion" was caused by an early reply from Stuart, he mentioned Slack 13 was out and it should work, but also mentioned arm might work, so I played with that too.<br>
<br>Hey, I learned a _lot_ and am now ready to play with custom builds. The slack way makes soooo much more sense that trying all those ubuntu hacks.<br><br>Any of the team in communication with the Marvell people? Would it be worth reaching out to them and seeing if an armedslack version could be factory loaded for the noobs that are not quite ready to build from source [it is fun tho ;-]<br>
<br>Once I get it going, I am going to build it solid state. a 16GB SD card should be just good enough for tan thin client where all home data is stored nfs or in the cloud.<br><br>How 'bout a sheeva plug connected to a smart phone for internet access? Use the phone for the mini-display, keyboard and wireless? ;-] Talk about thin clients.<br>
<br>-steve<br>-- <br>steve pirk<br><a href="http://refiamerica.org">refiamerica.org</a><br>"father... the sleeper has awakened..." paul atreides - dune<br>Sent from Bremerton, WA, United States