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Posted: Oct. 04 2006,03:09 QUOTE
Anything running on flash isn't going to have a swap, and without a swap, I'd recommend at least 256MB of ram.  Also, at 256, you still need to be careful. Fortunately, the UCIs run fine, so you still could use open office.  Another thing, you want to set your Firefox cache low, I keep mine at only 80Kb.
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Posted: Oct. 12 2006,18:52 QUOTE
Hmm... as the MicroClient Jr's 128Mb RAM isn't upgradeable, that could be a problem :(

Then again, though: haven't some people here got DSL running on other thin clients, which presumably don't have 256Mb+ RAM in them?

Maybe I should go looking for an old laptop instead... :p
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Posted: Dec. 31 2006,14:44 QUOTE
I just received my Norhtec Microclient Jr.  It's actually a eBox 2300
eBox 2300

The bad news, if DSL 3.1 on and USB stick (my only bootable media for the 2300) doesn't work.  The boot sequence gets as far as trying to start 'X' and then the screen blanks and the error message "Input not Supported" is displayed.  Tried starting with different options but no success yet.  The USB stick will boot my VIA EPIA M-II 6000 so I think the USB image is ok.

If anyone know the magic spell to get this little beastie to boot DSL, please let me know.
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Posted: Dec. 31 2006,15:07 QUOTE
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screen blanks and the error message "Input not Supported" is displayed.

This may be from your monitor. I have DSL working on a  eBox II
I get a black screen with "input out of range" message.

However I can run it at 800x600x24. No problems
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Posted: Dec. 31 2006,21:13 QUOTE
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screen blanks and the error message "Input not Supported" is displayed.

This may be from your monitor. I have DSL working on a  eBox II
I get a black screen with "input out of range" message.

However I can run it at 800x600x24. No problems

I have a second mini-ITX based on a VIA EPIA MII-6000 that boots the same USB pendrive image and works with the same monitor, so I don't think it is the monitor.  Can you tell me which version of DSL are running on the Ebox/Norhtec/TU-40 box? and what options are using at boot time?

thx
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