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Topic: "Tiny, sub-$100 PC runs Puppy Linux", Fanless, boots linux via CF/USB/net

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roberts

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Posted: Dec. 31 2006,22:33

I have run every version of DSL, that I have made! I have had the ebox II for about two years now. Only requirement for me is the 800x600x24. But then my old eyes enjoy that!

My boot options: vga=788 noapm noscsi frugal

Currently, running DSL v3.2RC2, the latest. I updated it last night and then I saw your post. It seems with Xvesa 800x600 is the most you will get. The Sis controller outputs at a much higher freq than tinyX Xvesa can support. However, with Xorg and the Sis driver it may be possible to get the higher resolutions.

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Posted: Jan. 01 2007,11:15

Thanks for the info. I got a version of 2.0 to boot with vga=788 The other options noapm noscsi frugal didn't help. The monitor displayed the same problem, or the boot sequence indicated it couldn't find the Koppix file system. Your use of "frugal" would suggest a hard disk. I may be wrong in this. Setting the resolution to higher values resulted in the same "Input Not Supported" message which confirms my suspicion that memory usage is the cause of the display problem.

For now the eBox 2300 with DSL works, (just) but is too slow to be practical. Others have suggested 128M of ram is too small for DSL without a swap device. I may remove my WIFI card and purchase a 2 1/2 laptop drive to try to improve the performance.

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Posted: Jan. 01 2007,16:02

I agree with your performance statement and that is why John and I decided two years ago to not offer it for sale pre-loaded like that other small os. Instead John offers the eBox 3800 which at 800Mhz 256MB and USB2.0 ports is practical. I still use my eBoxII for dillo. The eBoxII has an embeddedDisk flash device which I have DSL frugally installed.

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