DSL Tips and Tricks :: DSC-II or Damn Small Capio II



well im trying to run dsl on it so i can use it as a small and quiet web browser

edit : you can see the progress of my capio on my website
I have a thinstar 400 that I would like to do the same thing to.  It has a 16M DOC and similar specs.  Pentium 166 based with windows CE 2.12 preinstalled for RDP.  Is my best bet to desolder the DOC, make an ISA board and rebuild it?  Or has anyone found an easier way of going from CE to dos or linux?  The bios on this is just as useless as the capio's.

edit: make that had a thinstar...  desoldering the DOC seems more difficult than a lot of other things ive done.
Hey all.  I am fighting an eon 5000s.  Same sort of Specs as the Capio, but a little larger footprint, and 96MB ram.  I bought it with the intent of an EZ DSL install.  

Got it off Ebay for $18 bucks and its been an interesting battle, as I'm a linux noob.  I started by doing a network install of NTe, (yes, I used linux to help up a windows box) and NTe is as horrible as I remember, AND it has NO USB support.  It was terribly clunky.  After watching it function and realizing that this is how it was sold originally, I flashed the memory again.

I was able to PXE (pxelinux) flash the rom and can get a basic dos image installed to a command prompt.  Every time I use the same logic to install DSL knoppix, it starts loading then fails due to a memory allocation error.  Kernel Panic is the error.  I'll try it again and get the exact code. I'm not sure if I'm partitioning the memory correctly.  


I simply want the thing to boot and make the USB functional so I can use the box as the intelligent guts of a virtual picture frame using an old 17" flatscreen.   I figure with a custom frame the whole project should finish under $150.  

If anyone has been down this road, or wants to help, i'd sure appreciate it.
Quote (davens @ Jan. 30 2007,20:56)
I have a thinstar 400 that I would like to do the same thing to.  It has a 16M DOC and similar specs.  Pentium 166 based with windows CE 2.12 preinstalled for RDP.  Is my best bet to desolder the DOC, make an ISA board and rebuild it?  Or has anyone found an easier way of going from CE to dos or linux?  The bios on this is just as useless as the capio's.

edit: make that had a thinstar...  desoldering the DOC seems more difficult than a lot of other things ive done.

what happend ?

did it not boot ?
Ok, fans,
I have a handful of DOC's ready for swap if anyone is still interested in
changing a locked-in thin client with a DiskOnChip and a USB port into a fullblown DSL system. PM me if interested.

:laugh:
Michel
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