[ale] Need help building a read only Linux appliance

Dennis Ruzeski denniruz at gmail.com
Mon Dec 10 10:02:00 EST 2012


You would really need a small footprint distro to pull that off as the
RPi has only 512M of memory.



On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
> I'm hoping to design a system that any parent can build themselves. Ideally
> this would mean:
> 1. no soldering
> 2. runs on ignition switched power (no need to tie into constant/clock power
> as has been suggested elsewhere)
>
> I'll add your link to my reference material, but at a price greater than the
> RPi, it would be my absolute last resort.
>
> As simontek noted, Linux live CDs work this way. Also, Linux based routers
> are power fault tolerant. That's the route I want to go.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Dennis Ruzeski <denniruz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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