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Title: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 07, 2010, 08:42:12
Do I need one of these (http://www.newit.co.uk/shop/products.php?cat=5) for running my music server,I don't think I'd use it for anything else but who knows. It looks about the size of a power adaptor with a power consumption of 19 watts
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 07, 2010, 15:41:33
Looks like the power consumption I quoted is high its possibly as low as  5-7 watts running ethernet and a usb drive

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-arm@lists.debian.org/msg09589.html
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 07, 2010, 15:43:30
I still can't answer your question, but interesting what a change in the OS can make, Steve. :)
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Glenn on Mar 07, 2010, 16:23:19
 :think:

It would be a very cheap way to host my forum, just load SMF on to the sd card and away you go.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 07, 2010, 16:26:00
How about the data, Glenn?
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Glenn on Mar 07, 2010, 16:28:04
I was thinking about saving to the SD card or a USB HDU
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 07, 2010, 16:32:59
I think we might struggle to get the forum on an SD card now. ;)
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Glenn on Mar 07, 2010, 16:34:22
Mine is less than 2gb last time I looked.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 07, 2010, 16:34:40
Thats similar to what I'm thinking with my Squeezebox music server using a usb HD or NAS share for the data.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 07, 2010, 16:35:27
Quote from: Glenn on Mar 07, 2010, 16:34:22
Mine is less than 2gb last time I looked.

We might get away with SDHC.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Glenn on Mar 07, 2010, 16:47:33
Would it need a separate external IP address?
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 07, 2010, 17:06:55
I would have thought so.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: kinmel on Mar 07, 2010, 17:11:52
Quote from: Glenn on Mar 07, 2010, 16:47:33
Would it need a separate external IP address?

You give it an internal IP on your network and then open the router firewall to whatever ports the applications need.

For example port 80 traffic looking for a website will only be able to get past your firewall to the one computer configured to allow that and so that is the only one visible to visitors.

It certainly looks good for small server applications, will run Ubuntu Server with no problems.  

I may get one of those  :thumb:
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 08, 2010, 15:12:47
Well hopefully I've done my home work,and ordered one. I should in theory be able to run Squeezebox server on Debian squeeze with the music attached as a NAS share or usb HD the wiki looks fun and aptly named http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Sheevaplug_SBS_Server_for_dummies
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 08, 2010, 15:38:14
Someone's gone to a lot of trouble there, Steve.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Glenn on Mar 08, 2010, 16:04:03
Let me know how you get on with it Steve.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 08, 2010, 19:21:42
Will do.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 08, 2010, 23:31:43
Mine will arrive tomorrow or if your looking at this tomorrow it will arrive today. >:D
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: kinmel on Mar 09, 2010, 07:27:28
Quote from: Steve on Mar 08, 2010, 23:31:43
Mine will arrive tomorrow or if your looking at this tomorrow it will arrive today. >:D

Great !   let us know how it goes.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 09, 2010, 07:41:57
Well its arrived, the SDHC reader from amazon has not,maybe I can find my old one. The site with the "easy images" http://uploadhyper.com is down. So if I decide to play to day I'll have to do it all manually. :eek4:
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 09, 2010, 09:04:50
Just received an email from the MD of Newit.co.uk to ask if the package had arrived,not a bad service I think. :thumb:
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 09, 2010, 09:44:36
Rather IDNet like, Steve. :)
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 09, 2010, 22:18:48
Well it works in fashion I can boot Ubuntu 9.04.Debian Lenny from SDHC but struggling to get Debian Squeeze up and running which is what I want for the squeezebox server but its all good fun we will get there in the end.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 11, 2010, 18:49:36
This is taking far too much of my time  :mad: Linux numpty but Debian Squeeze is up and running,next step is music server
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 11, 2010, 18:50:31
Go on, Steve, you know you're loving it. ;D :out:
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 11, 2010, 18:54:14
Its a steep learning curve at least I've progressed from a serial connection to an SSH connection (PuTTY ,Ubuntu 9.1o via virtualbox running on Mac OS X. The serial connection is a right pain as the chair's not comfortable at least with the SSH I can now lounge where I wish.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 11, 2010, 18:56:18
And now in English...
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 11, 2010, 18:59:57
The serial lead is not very long so to use the console I have to be next to the plug  (which is connected to the router) with the laptop. Now with the SSH or LAN connection I can sit in the lounge etc and be a member of the household again ;D
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 11, 2010, 19:00:15
Right.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 12, 2010, 22:22:58
The success stories board has an array of uses and applications for the sheevaplug.

http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?board=10.0
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 13, 2010, 09:38:27
Squeezebox server up and running on the Sheevaplug :yes: Things got a lot easy for me after I installed webmin (http://www.webmin.com/) on Debian squeeze. CLI is not for me.

Now I start to worry about security.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Rik on Mar 13, 2010, 10:14:59
Oy, always with the worries, Steve. ;)
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 18, 2010, 21:50:42
Anyone who wants to play with a Sheevaplug without buying one can try this virtual one here (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezePlug#SqueezePlug_Virtual_Machine) I've not tested it but it runs on Virtualbox (I'm presuming the Windows version) the download is a virtual disk install of Debian Squeeze for the Sheevaplug.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Glenn on Mar 18, 2010, 22:04:35
Cheers Steve, downloading now.
Title: Re: Sheevaplug
Post by: Steve on Mar 18, 2010, 22:45:49
Shame you can't emulate the ARM cpu as well to get a truer performance feel. I've not seen any evidence that it will run anything like an SMF forum.