Re: Why the heck does 'tar -xvzf linux-2.0.{30,27,29}.tar.gz' lock up my 486??
Mike Kilburn (mike@conexio.co.za)
Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:56:34 +0200 (SAT)
> > to look at it if they want their hardware to run with Linux. There
> > are plenty of PC/104 SBCs that run Linux fine.
>
> But so far I haven't been able to find ones that reliably support
> PCMCIA PC/104 boards. Ampro's sure doesn't and Advanced Digital Logic
> also has card recognition problems under linux but they would only
> let me spend a few hours this afternoon on their hardware.
Never tried PCMCIA + PC104 and now I am glad didnt :). For stuff were
doing (data comms), we found that PC104 solutions in general were way
too expensive once you get everything together. All it buys you size,
and you pay a lot for that. If you have to build your own enclosures
anyway then you can design with standard PC components and have a very
compact, reliable and attractive "embedded" Linux based system. Its just
not as small as a PC104 based design.