Steven N. Trapp wrote: > > <<OVER-AND-OUT > -- > Wow. That's way cool thing you're doing. As far as hardware goes, > I independently reinvented the BLOB METHOD when it comes to soldering. > So I don't do much of that. Besides I breathed too much lead trying. > Hehe yeah it is pretty fun, the nslu2 community is incredibly helpful too, of the like ga-zillions of unix / tech / computer / unix / unix mailing lists I'm on, nslu2-linux list is great, openslug list is great, nslu2-general is more broad, unslung openslug everything is talked about on here. still good though. Also, *this* very mailing list kicks ass, as you can see by how nice John is being, and just how nice and helpful everybody is. I love TCLUG. Anyway, hope to hear back on the serial mod... cool either way, just scared to break it. Anyway, I am too damned tired to work on this thing tonight, and that is very unlike me... ...But I have been working on getting a 2.6 kernel working on a compaq proliant 2500 with a U1 storage array and a 2/DH storage array controller. Anyone with personal experience with a 2.6 kernel on this type of machine, I would love it if you would say something... (to the person whom i got this from, you know who you are... : ) I would feel guilty asking you for help on this one, since you hooked me up with such great equipment. anyway, I of course in no way mean "do not respond" I just mean, don't put effort into it if it's at all a bother, you already helped me out so much. hehe. I ramble. anyway, this thing has 12 4.3 gb scsi drives, between the 5 in the machine (dual ppro 200, 320 megs ram) and the 7 in the separate rackable (both rackable) U1 storage array, so anyway... apparently these Smart/2 controllers are cool as hell, from what I've read. : ) Anyone have any experience? p.s. sorry for combining posts... i should scold myself Nick "All unix, all the time." http://npt.ath.cx > What I was wondering is if anyone knows of anyone willing to think > about selling a BorderGuard 1000 or BorderGuard 2000 (preferably a > 2000). They were manufactured by NSC/STK/SUN when they were at > 7600/7625 BooneAvS. Their URL was the infamously great (but their > website was stupidly under done): www.network.com > -- > > Party like it is 2006! --Prince will do this, I hope! > > .signature file contents: > -- > ##====================## steventrapp at comcast.net > || SSS N N TTTTT|| a.k.a. "The Keystone Strapper" > || S NN N T || a.k.a. __keystoneStrapper__ > || SSS N N N T || Mpls, MN 55421, USA > || S N NN T || 5020 Mulcare Drive > || SSS N N T || Steven N. Trapp > ##====================## Apt Bsmt (763) 913-6271 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- > As John Nelson (uncle of RHS) would say: > OVER-AND-OUT > -- > > On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, nick thompson wrote: > >> John Meier wrote: >>> Hey Nick- >>> >>> Meant to mention that I also have some experince with soldering surface >>> mount junk - I've modded a few playstations and the like. I have a >>> soldering iron with a fine tip. I could give it a try ... >>> >>> >>> I also just bought a nslu2 locally, so if yours gets fubared, I could >>> probably return it :) >>> >> Holy crap, the nail clippers actually worked. I had read about it before >> you sent me the link, but I just didn't have the guts to do it before. >> Anyway, since you everything you sent me (the razor blade, exacto knife, >> etc ideas from the mail you sent to my address) agreed with the idea in >> theory, I figured fuck it and when I got home from work, I was willing >> to bet $80 it would work, and literally *double* my cpu speed. My gosh, >> it worked! (Of course, in having been an idiot and just powered it down >> w/o halting it [so the drive was still mounted] I can't seem to get it >> to power back up to my gentoo install on the usb drive... ssh never >> comes up. However, I know it worked, and am guessing I just need to plug >> the usb drive into one of my desktops and run fsck on the thing... I >> think the ssh daemon never comes up because it's running fsck on the 120 >> gig drive on the slug, which is a slow machine even though I just >> doubled the speed. :) BTW, I know it worked because if I unplug the usb >> drive, openslug does come up and I can ssh in to that, and dmesg shows >> 266 mhz / bogomips so *sweet* hehe anyway, I am celebrating, but once I >> get gentoo back up and the ssh daemon lets me in, then I really will be >> happy because holy shit will it be cool to suddenly just literally >> double the speed of a machine... especially a gentoo box. : ) Anyway, >> updates to follow... >> >> Also, john, I am very interested in the serial port mod as well... I >> have everything, pre assembled with a 4 ping female end... just need to >> solder pins or wires into the holes on the board... still though, I am >> afraid of breaking it. If you think you could pull off the serial mod... : ) >> >> >> Nick >> >> "All unix, all the time." >> >> http://npt.ath.cx >> >> >> >> >>> On 7/11/06, nick thompson <nicholas.thompson1 at mchsi.com> wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> I don't know if anyone else out there is playing with an nslu2, if you >>>> haven't heard about them they are a $80 linksys box w/ 2 usb2 ports and >>>> you plug in usb drives and suddenly have cheap NAS.... but of course, it >>>> runs linux, and can run modified firmware and run full blown debian, >>>> gentoo, and others. Anyway, since the dang thing is underclocked from >>>> 266 mhz to 133 mhz on purpose (? heat maybe) one surface mount resistor >>>> needs to be removed. I don't want to break the thing. I mean, I can >>>> solder but surface mount scares me. Anyone in town done the mod and >>>> could I pay you to do it / buy you a beer? >>>> >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> "All unix, all the time." >>>> >>>> http://npt.ath.cx >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >