Sheevaplug

Steve · Mar 07, 2010, 08:42:12

Do I need one of these for running my music server,I don't think I'd use it for anything else but who knows. It looks about the size of a power adaptor with a power consumption of 19 watts

Steve · Mar 07, 2010, 15:41:33

Looks like the power consumption I quoted is high its possibly as low as 5-7 watts running ethernet and a usb drive

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-arm@lists.debian.org/msg09589.html

Rik · Mar 07, 2010, 15:43:30

I still can't answer your question, but interesting what a change in the OS can make, Steve.

Glenn · Mar 07, 2010, 16:23:19

It would be a very cheap way to host my forum, just load SMF on to the sd card and away you go.

Rik · Mar 07, 2010, 16:26:00

How about the data, Glenn?

Glenn · Mar 07, 2010, 16:28:04

I was thinking about saving to the SD card or a USB HDU

Rik · Mar 07, 2010, 16:32:59

I think we might struggle to get the forum on an SD card now.

Glenn · Mar 07, 2010, 16:34:22

Mine is less than 2gb last time I looked.

Steve · Mar 07, 2010, 16:34:40

Thats similar to what I'm thinking with my Squeezebox music server using a usb HD or NAS share for the data.

Rik · Mar 07, 2010, 16:35:27

Quote from: Glenn on Mar 07, 2010, 16:34:22
Mine is less than 2gb last time I looked.

We might get away with SDHC.

Glenn · Mar 07, 2010, 16:47:33

Would it need a separate external IP address?

Rik · Mar 07, 2010, 17:06:55

I would have thought so.

kinmel · Mar 07, 2010, 17:11:52

Quote from: Glenn on Mar 07, 2010, 16:47:33
Would it need a separate external IP address?

You give it an internal IP on your network and then open the router firewall to whatever ports the applications need.

For example port 80 traffic looking for a website will only be able to get past your firewall to the one computer configured to allow that and so that is the only one visible to visitors.

It certainly looks good for small server applications, will run Ubuntu Server with no problems.

I may get one of those

Steve · Mar 08, 2010, 15:12:47

Well hopefully I've done my home work,and ordered one. I should in theory be able to run Squeezebox server on Debian squeeze with the music attached as a NAS share or usb HD the wiki looks fun and aptly named http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Sheevaplug_SBS_Server_for_dummies

Rik · Mar 08, 2010, 15:38:14

Someone's gone to a lot of trouble there, Steve.

Glenn · Mar 08, 2010, 16:04:03

Let me know how you get on with it Steve.

Steve · Mar 08, 2010, 19:21:42

Will do.

Steve · Mar 08, 2010, 23:31:43

Mine will arrive tomorrow or if your looking at this tomorrow it will arrive today.

kinmel · Mar 09, 2010, 07:27:28

Quote from: Steve on Mar 08, 2010, 23:31:43
Mine will arrive tomorrow or if your looking at this tomorrow it will arrive today.

Great ! let us know how it goes.

Steve · Mar 09, 2010, 07:41:57

Well its arrived, the SDHC reader from amazon has not,maybe I can find my old one. The site with the "easy images" http://uploadhyper.com is down. So if I decide to play to day I'll have to do it all manually.

Steve · Mar 09, 2010, 09:04:50

Just received an email from the MD of Newit.co.uk to ask if the package had arrived,not a bad service I think.

Rik · Mar 09, 2010, 09:44:36

Rather IDNet like, Steve.

Steve · Mar 09, 2010, 22:18:48

Well it works in fashion I can boot Ubuntu 9.04.Debian Lenny from SDHC but struggling to get Debian Squeeze up and running which is what I want for the squeezebox server but its all good fun we will get there in the end.

Steve · Mar 11, 2010, 18:49:36

This is taking far too much of my time

Linux numpty but Debian Squeeze is up and running,next step is music server

Rik · Mar 11, 2010, 18:50:31

Go on, Steve, you know you're loving it.

Steve · Mar 11, 2010, 18:54:14

Its a steep learning curve at least I've progressed from a serial connection to an SSH connection (PuTTY ,Ubuntu 9.1o via virtualbox running on Mac OS X. The serial connection is a right pain as the chair's not comfortable at least with the SSH I can now lounge where I wish.

Rik · Mar 11, 2010, 18:56:18

And now in English...

Steve · Mar 11, 2010, 18:59:57

The serial lead is not very long so to use the console I have to be next to the plug (which is connected to the router) with the laptop. Now with the SSH or LAN connection I can sit in the lounge etc and be a member of the household again

Rik · Mar 11, 2010, 19:00:15

Right.

Steve · Mar 12, 2010, 22:22:58

The success stories board has an array of uses and applications for the sheevaplug.

http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?board=10.0

Steve · Mar 13, 2010, 09:38:27

Squeezebox server up and running on the Sheevaplug

Things got a lot easy for me after I installed webmin on Debian squeeze. CLI is not for me.

Now I start to worry about security.

Rik · Mar 13, 2010, 10:14:59

Oy, always with the worries, Steve.

Steve · Mar 18, 2010, 21:50:42

Anyone who wants to play with a Sheevaplug without buying one can try this virtual one here I've not tested it but it runs on Virtualbox (I'm presuming the Windows version) the download is a virtual disk install of Debian Squeeze for the Sheevaplug.

Glenn · Mar 18, 2010, 22:04:35

Cheers Steve, downloading now.

Steve · Mar 18, 2010, 22:45:49

Shame you can't emulate the ARM cpu as well to get a truer performance feel. I've not seen any evidence that it will run anything like an SMF forum.