[Voyage-linux] A Cheaper Motherboard

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi Solomon,

I seems impossible to get a lower price x86-based embedded board. 

Other non-x86 embedded boards in MIP, ARM or XScale architecture does 
not have enough flash size for storing the disk-space hungry Debian.  
With squashfs+unionfs we've seen in Live CD, we can't have a distro 
lower than ~30MB.  Even with squashfs with lzma support, it also can't 
lower than 25MB.

If Voyage is going to support non-x86 borads, it will not be Debian 
anymore, and it can't be called Voyage either, as Voyage Linux implies 
Debian-based distro. 

Regards,
Punky



Solomon Asare wrote:
> Hi,
> I use lots of mikrotik products myself and they are
> excellent if all you need is a wireless/router without
> any special/unique customisation that you may want to
> roll out yourself. And the 112 is competitively
> priced.
>
> A licence upgrade, if required, after expiration of
> the one your 112 board came with, will set you back by
> about $40 at a latter date.
>
> Moreover, my competitors are also using Mikrotik or
> cheaper alternatives and I was wondering if, with a
> cheaper mboard + flash + memory and voyage, I can put
> together a radio more competitively. I am almost at
> the point where I may have to give the radio out and
> make money on monthly bandwidth charges which are not
> much.
>
> Regards,
> solomon.
>
>
> --- Andrew Niemantsverdriet <andrew at pure-wireless.net>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> Check out the routerboard 112. It has board memory
>> and flash for $99. My
>> research and development budget ran out for this
>> quater otherwise I would
>> get one and see what can be done with it. Anyway
>> here is a link:
>>
>> http://www.routerboard.com/prices.html
>>
>> Has anybody used these? Do they work? The cheapest I
>> can build a wrap is
>> $127 not including a radio or enclosure. And that is
>> in quantiy 10.
>>
>> I will be interested to hear of others if there are
>> any.
>>
>>     
>>> Hi All,
>>> to make voyage more attractive as a
>>>       
>> Wireless/Router OS
>>     
>>> I guess we need a cheaper embedded motherboard.
>>>
>>> Please, does anyone have any suggestions apart
>>>       
>> from
>>     
>>> WRAP?
>>>
>>> Is it possible to get say a ($60 - $80) board +
>>>       
>> memory
>>     
>>> + flash that can support a client? Pentium 200
>>>       
>> should
>>     
>>> be more than adequate. Any links?
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> solomon.
>>>       
>>
>>     
>
>
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