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May 22, 2006
Tentative Kurobox Specs
There's talk about a new Kurobox III.
The tenative specs are not too shabby.
Just when I was thinking of jumping ship for something with 2 in board drives for mirroring.
* Kuro 3 Update: Tentitive HW specs:
o PPC proc TDB (400-667Mhz)
o 16 (maybe Cool MB FLASH
o 1X MiniPCI slot
o 1X internal SATA
o 3X external ESATA
o 2X USB
o 2X Network (probably Gigabit)
o 1X SODIMM slot (memory not included)
o Universal Power Supply like HG-WR
o U-Boot bootloader
http://www.kurobox.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=951
Posted by Me on May 22, 2006 11:00 AM
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It's interesting to see Mindbender (one of the main developers on the LinkstationWiki.org site responsible for the 2.6 kernel and bootloader port for the Linkstation) active in all of that. I sincerely hope we reach a point where there is greater cooperation and cross-platform development between the two devices. There's quite a bit of nice work going on with the Kuro community that I just don't have time (experience, knowledge, inclination) to compile myself on the Linkstation. Unfortunately there's some issues with trying to gain control of LinkstationWiki.org from the curiously absent site owner, frontalot, making it difficult for them to really focus in on making a coherent platform install. Kind of a shame.
Meanwhile, tunnelling down the link chain, I happened across this device: <a href="http://www.projectblackdog.com">http://www.projectblackdog.com</a>
Curious little device. I'm not sure I quite understand the full use of it, particularly given it's low usable storage space, but I like the idea of it. This would be even more fun if it could also act as a full Linux server on it's own, sharing the network adapter with your Windows install, rather than taking over your desktop. Like a pocketable Linkstation that becomes a separate network entity through shared use of the PC's network card. That would be snazzy.
It's interesting to see Mindbender (one of the main developers on the LinkstationWiki.org site responsible for the 2.6 kernel and bootloader port for the Linkstation) active in all of that. I sincerely hope we reach a point where there is greater cooperation and cross-platform development between the two devices. There's quite a bit of nice work going on with the Kuro community that I just don't have time (experience, knowledge, inclination) to compile myself on the Linkstation. Unfortunately there's some issues with trying to gain control of LinkstationWiki.org from the curiously absent site owner, frontalot, making it difficult for them to really focus in on making a coherent platform install. Kind of a shame.
Meanwhile, tunnelling down the link chain, I happened across this device: <a href="http://www.projectblackdog.com">http://www.projectblackdog.com</a>
Curious little device. I'm not sure I quite understand the full use of it, particularly given it's low usable storage space, but I like the idea of it. This would be even more fun if it could also act as a full Linux server on it's own, sharing the network adapter with your Windows install, rather than taking over your desktop. Like a pocketable Linkstation that becomes a separate network entity through shared use of the PC's network card. That would be snazzy.