[ale] Need help building a read only Linux appliance

[Dennis Ruzeski]

1- The last computer I could just turn off ran DOS 6.. Wanna go back
there? Be be guest.
2- I don't think a read-only system is ideal here. Use this instead-
http://store.mp3car.com/Micro_Shutdown_Controller_p/PWR-007.htm?ProductCode=PWR-007&Click=29952

Good luck! I'll be rolling a car pc here in the next few weeks on a
RPi. We should exchange notes when we're done or maybe this is a good
meeting subject?

--Dennis



On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
> Don't know why this failed before...
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Richard Bronosky" <Richard at bronosky.com>
> Date: Nov 30, 2012 1:17 AM
> Subject: Need help building a read only linux appliance
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> Cc:
>
> I want to turn one of these Raspberry Pis into a car-puter that will only be
> used to play videos from a USB drive. It needs to be able to survive having
> the power cut off without being shut down. (Remember when you could do that
> to a computer?)
>
> Anyone have any suggestions on how to do this?
>
> I'd also like to include a very tiny partition where the video player can
> write a progress indicator files every 15 seconds to be used to resume
> playback. That can come later though if it complicates matters.
>
> --
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