I'm looking for cheap low power linux server solution. I guess I
could hook up an old desktop, but I have nothing below 200W PS. I've
been looking at the sheevaplug wall wart thing and mini-ITX systems
and other options like the waysmall, but they all seen pretty pricey.
I only need something to serve as a dedicated irc server that would
draw no more than 10-20W and use a flash drive and be ethernet
capable. What else should I be looking at? Seems there should be
something out there in the $50 range.

I'm looking for cheap low power linux server solution. I guess I
could hook up an old desktop, but I have nothing below 200W PS. I've
been looking at the sheevaplug wall wart thing and mini-ITX systems
and other options like the waysmall, but they all seen pretty pricey.
I only need something to serve as a dedicated irc server that would
draw no more than 10-20W and use a flash drive and be ethernet
capable. What else should I be looking at? Seems there should be
something out there in the $50 range.

And I think that you are cmoking crack...

I'm looking for cheap low power linux server solution. I guess I
could hook up an old desktop, but I have nothing below 200W PS. I've
been looking at the sheevaplug wall wart thing and mini-ITX systems
and other options like the waysmall, but they all seen pretty pricey.
I only need something to serve as a dedicated irc server that would
draw no more than 10-20W and use a flash drive and be ethernet
capable. What else should I be looking at? Seems there should be
something out there in the $50 range.

nb

I'm looking for cheap low power linux server solution. I guess I
could hook up an old desktop, but I have nothing below 200W PS. I've
been looking at the sheevaplug wall wart thing and mini-ITX systems
and other options like the waysmall, but they all seen pretty pricey.
I only need something to serve as a dedicated irc server that would
draw no more than 10-20W and use a flash drive and be ethernet
capable. What else should I be looking at? Seems there should be
something out there in the $50 range.

I'm looking for cheap low power linux server solution. I guess I
could hook up an old desktop, but I have nothing below 200W PS. I've
been looking at the sheevaplug wall wart thing and mini-ITX systems
and other options like the waysmall, but they all seen pretty pricey.
I only need something to serve as a dedicated irc server that would
draw no more than 10-20W and use a flash drive and be ethernet
capable. What else should I be looking at? Seems there should be
something out there in the $50 range.

nb

If you want a complete system with a bazillion ports (incl. 2 GiGE) and
also very low power in operation using the same ARM CPU, check this out:

On 24/10/09 16:41, Thad Floryan wrote:
If you want a complete system with a bazillion ports (incl. 2 GiGE) and
also very low power in operation using the same ARM CPU, check this out:

I really like these devices. The only thing missing from the plug that i
would like is a built in slot for a 2.5" disk. Having an extra cable can
be a pain to manage, and looks unsightly. I suppose it wouldn't take
much to construct a new enclosure from scratch.

[...]
The SheevaPlug does have an SD slot and a JTAG connector, too, for debug
purposes. I only use the external 2.5" HD in the USB enclosure for doing
compiles (that I don't care to do on another Linux box using the cross-
development software).

On 10/27/2009 10:02 AM, Thad Floryan wrote:
[...]
The SheevaPlug does have an SD slot and a JTAG connector, too, for debug
purposes. I only use the external 2.5" HD in the USB enclosure for doing
compiles (that I don't care to do on another Linux box using the cross-
development software).

You may get a kick out of seeing this:

root at (no spam) debian:~# pwd
/root
root at (no spam) debian:~# ed hw.c

hw.c: No such file or directory
a
#include <stdio.h
main(){printf("Hello world!\n");}
.
w
53
q
root at (no spam) debian:~# make hw
cc hw.c -o hw
root at (no spam) debian:~# file hw
hw: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses
shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.16, not stripped
root at (no spam) debian:~# gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) 4.3.3
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

root at (no spam) debian:~# ./hw
Hello world!
root at (no spam) debian:~# ll hw*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9554 Oct 27 17:21 hw*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 Oct 27 17:21 hw.c

ed! I haven't seen that since late '70s They didn't give you vi?

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:26:00 -0700, Thad Floryan <thad at (no spam) thadlabs.com> wrote:

On 10/27/2009 10:02 AM, Thad Floryan wrote:
[...]
The SheevaPlug does have an SD slot and a JTAG connector, too, for debug
purposes. I only use the external 2.5" HD in the USB enclosure for doing
compiles (that I don't care to do on another Linux box using the cross-
development software).
You may get a kick out of seeing this:

root at (no spam) debian:~# pwd
/root
root at (no spam) debian:~# ed hw.c

ed! I haven't seen that since late '70s They didn't give you vi?
[...]

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:26:00 -0700, Thad Floryan <thad at (no spam) thadlabs.com> wrote:

On 10/27/2009 10:02 AM, Thad Floryan wrote:
[...]
The SheevaPlug does have an SD slot and a JTAG connector, too, for debug
purposes. I only use the external 2.5" HD in the USB enclosure for doing
compiles (that I don't care to do on another Linux box using the cross-
development software).
You may get a kick out of seeing this:

root at (no spam) debian:~# pwd
/root
root at (no spam) debian:~# ed hw.c

ed! I haven't seen that since late '70s They didn't give you vi?
[...]

On 10/27/2009 12:11 PM, Grant wrote:
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:26:00 -0700, Thad Floryan <thad at (no spam) thadlabs.com> wrote:

On 10/27/2009 10:02 AM, Thad Floryan wrote:
[...]
The SheevaPlug does have an SD slot and a JTAG connector, too, for debug
purposes. I only use the external 2.5" HD in the USB enclosure for doing
compiles (that I don't care to do on another Linux box using the cross-
development software).
You may get a kick out of seeing this:

root at (no spam) debian:~# pwd
/root
root at (no spam) debian:~# ed hw.c

ed! I haven't seen that since late '70s They didn't give you vi?
[...]

Hah hah! vi is there as is emacs, but it would have been difficult to
display its/their output in a Usenet posting. I suppose I could have
just used cat and finished with a ^D, but showing that ed still exists
is/was useful. :-)

ed was important to know how to use back in the early days of UNIX when
booting to single-user mode meant using a 5-1/4" floppy without much else
being on the floppy than a mini-kernel and a few utils from /sbin and /etc

I still have three fully-functional AT&T 3B1 (aka UNIXPC aka PC7300) which
run SysVR2 for which a boot floppy has ed on it. Not sure about my old
Sun 3/60 systems though -- they booted from tape (when not using disks).