On 7/13/06, nick thompson <nicholas.thompson1 at mchsi.com> wrote: > > 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... I can do your soldering. I have to find my solding junk - so contact me off list for date/time to do it. the mod instructions didn't give me a good view of the connector that is soldered on the board - does it go through the board and soldered on the other side or is it surface mounted? I would think it'd go through... ...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 > >> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060714/709b4822/attachment.htm