- I'm an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science student [still] going to Brigham Young University. This blog is just a place where I can spill out my thoughts, projects and experiences. I hope you like what you see and please feel free to comment. Thanks for visiting!
Category Archives: Project
Turning My SheevaPlug Into A Web Server
After I got Ubuntu running on my Plug, I started going about turning it into what I originally planned for it; LAMP, UPnP, and Torrent server.
I first found a great resource for playing with the plug: OpenPlug.org. The wiki in particular has some good tips, the first of which I followed below.
Install Root FS on SDHC Card
By default, the SheevaPlug has 512MB of NAND flash memory for storage, and 512MB or RAM. When you boot your plug from NAND it copies the necessary files to a RAM disk (a virtual disk on RAM which disappears when the plug is powered off). If I understand correctly, this will in effect reduce the available RAM since some of it is used by the file system.
SheevaPlug Unboxing and Ubuntu Install
It finally arrived! I woke up last week to find that there was a small box waiting for me to open.
It was packaged surprisingly well. I’ve never purchased a dev kit before, but this was packaged better than any retail gadget I’ve purchased. Very impressed.
Installing Ubuntu
I originally wanted to install Gentoo, however I really didn’t want to go through the work of learning how to compile for this device,especially considering Marvel has already included an Ubuntu image already optimized for the device.
A $173.40 Toothbrush and More Server Shenanigans!
I went to the dentist today for the first time in over 3 years. I know, and I’m a bad flosser too. Since I don’t have dental insurance, the cost for the cleaning and x-rays was $173.40 which included a complimentary toothbrush. Why the toothbrush? Why not just knock $100 off my total bill? I would like that much more than a red toothbrush and some floss.
Posted in Acer Aspire One, Personal, Sheevaplug Tagged bittorrent, firefly daap server, gentoo, lamp server, samba, server, subsonic media server, upnp server 5 Comments
Windows 7 Beta on Acer Aspire One Install
I got the Beta of Windows 7 the other day, and after hearing reports that Windows 7 is more netbook friendly, I decided to try it out. I’m installing it on my Aspire One I’ve modded to 1.5GB RAM and bluetooth.
Step 0: Obtain the Software Get Windows 7 Beta here. It may not be available for long, and if that’s the case and you are familiar with torrents, you can try downloading it from isohunt.com. Once you have the .iso file and a key (all the torrents I found had a key you can use to activate), you’re ready to continue. Try searching on btdig.com
Ch-ch-changes!
So many changes! Earlier this year I set up a family blog with a hosting service called WebHostingPad.com. I paid for 2 years, resting assured that if I didn’t like their service I could get a refund during the first 30 day “evaluation period”. Little did I know that after those 30 days my account would be moved to a slow, troubled server where it would be “down” several times a week. I use quotes, because after opening a ticket with support it miraculously came back up within an hour or so, every time. I finally quit dealing with their awful support and even worse service, opened a BBB complaint, and decided to host the site on my desktop at home. I have a quad-core Vista Ultimate machine with 4GB ram on a 10Mbit connection just sitting at home, doing nothing.