Posted on 06/24/2012 12:53:15 PM PDT by Bobalu
Just got my 35 dollar Raspberry Pi Debian Linux computer and thought I'd show fellow freepers how to get on the web and freep on the cheap. It's a Linux setup so it's pretty secure compared to Windows. I'm installing a web server on it now (Apache) and trying to get a cheap USB wifi dongle to work so I can disconnect the ethernet cable...the less cables the better!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNX5Fdt7uu4&feature=youtu.be
I get Rush audio on a 20kbps feed from this link
mms://media.blackcrow.fm/wndb
The audio is great and 20kbps is a bandwidth friendly speed.
It would even work well on poor dialup. I use Winamp to listen to it.
I get my internet on DSL...not really fast but very reliable.
800up 1800down
Thanks!!!
USB is going to be slow - especially compared to a direct connect HDD to your motherboard. Maybe too slow to be practical? Does your computer only have one SATA connector on the MB?
There is a second location that I opened the panel to, but it does not have the connector slot soldered in!
I keep running start up repair but the computer keeps telling me the E (external HD USB connected) or the D (Toshiba recovery disc) does not contain information about my hardware!
You are welcome :-)
That’s weird. I wonder if Windows has some way to make your OS installation so hardware specific that it won’t boot under a circumstance such as this to combat piracy?
Is there any way you could epoxy a clip of some sort to the motherboard or use a very small zip tie to hold the HDD connector in place or something like that?
I found this website for repairing and dissasembly of Toshiba laptops. Maybe you can find something specific to your model.
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/
Just installed avrdude and wrote some C code and programmed a uC from the Pi...very cool! Used a 3 dollar Chinese USBasp dongle.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1PCS-USBasp-USBISP-3-3V-5V-AVR-Programmer-USB-ATMEGA8-New-/261021924011?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc61e7aab
sudo apt-get install avrdude
J-B-Weld :-)
The tinkerer’s friend!
If you can’t fix it with baling wire, WD-40, duct tape or JB Weld (or some combination thereof), you might as well just throw it away.
The computer will check the external and report that it has Windows Vista but it will not go any further, it justs stops with ‘this computer has no HDD and wants me to click OK to shut down. I try restarting even with the Toshiba repair wizard discs yet it will not do a full start using the USB. I am guessing the USB is to slow for the PXE ROM to communicate back and forth in coordination. It is quite frustrating, especially when the silly thing asks if I want to notify Microsoft of the problem booting up!
I just googled > boot windows vista from an external hard drive <
Looks like the answer is -- you have to virtualize the Vista system and the virtual hard drive can reside on any drive.
I may have to look into this myself. I have an old machine I would like to integrate with a new computer.
Because of the many mechanical drawings I had on my old 98 system, I placed a virtual Windows 98 on my Windows 7 system. I was able to load the program for making and reading the plans I had on file, along with using the virtual for writing, since Im so familiar witht he Windows 98 vagaries. But alas, I ran out of designated memory and unless I fabricate a second virtual machine I cannot get more memory for the virtual W98. Also if you ever have to run a recovery on your machine, you will lose the virtual HD.
I’ve been threatening the laptop that I will start soldering in a new connection for a new HDD if I can get it to cooperate through an external. MAchine seems ot be ignoring me ... it’s to laugh. These things are almost sentient but not quite, thankfully.
I always thought W98 could only use 512 MB ram. I would think a typical win7 machine would have plenty of memory for that. Or does running the VM eat up all the memory?
The program designates a block and you cannot go outside of that or it is no longer ‘virtual’ is the way I understand it. I haven’t even tried to use the possible Internet connection potential. Best part is, I can write or draw something on the virtual HD then copy it to a plug or disc and then load it into my W7 system and edit if I choose to so the amount of memory is enormous that way.
TY!
Just posted this:
Adafruit launches Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro, hastens our hacking
OK, that was cool!
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