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[jmullinix]

I just installed it on a box with SATA RAID 1, so I suppose the answer is yes. Centos 5.1 is pretty forgiving about SATA cards, but there are some it does not support.

 

[cliff]

I built a system using the VIA pc-1 motherboard from ClubIT with a Seagate SATA drive. PIAF installed flawlessly and is running well.

 

[noblenull]

It's not low power, but MicroCenter is selling a 2.2GHz Dual-Core, 1GB ram, 160GB SATA HD, and DVD-R for $250.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0280370

 

[wardmundy]

WalMart Special II - Beta Test

If anyone has a new Everex gPC2 that is not yet in production, we have a special build that I'd like someone to test. If you'll send me a message, I will forward a link and some documentation. The entire install takes about 15 minutes. Thanks in advance.

 

[wardmundy]

The Asterisk Orgasmatron

The latest Nerd Vittles "kitchen sink" build of PBX in a Flash for the Everex gPC2 is now available for download. Enjoy!

 

[gbrook]

Does this work on other PCs?

 

[wardmundy]

Sorry, but no. You'll have to use the standard PBX in a Flash 1.2 ISO's and then run the scripts. You can still do what I did for this build in under an hour... just as I did for this special build. None of the available scripts take more than a minute or so to run and most require no manual configuration.

 

[ou812]

USB Key

Does the usb key need to be formated for linux first, if so how is this done.

Gary

 

[wardmundy]

See page 18 of the diskbackup.pdf file in /root. Short answer: It needs to be formatted as a FAT32 volume, but not the one that might have come on the flash drive.

 

[gizmosrcool]

The Nerd Vittles .iso does work on other computers.

The Nerd Vittles .iso does work on other computers. just with a little sideways thinking. Install to Everex PC, ghost it to a DVD, restore to other PC. Centos starts and should discover most devices. Just can not be too weird of a device I would guess. But if it works on the Everex with the Realtek nic, it should work on most things.

The centos X gui may not work, but you should not be running on a pbx anyway.

I ghosted it on two PC's and they both work fine. Both were Dells. I am going to try on a Shuttle PC with Promise SATA raid shortly.

The nice thing about the NV iso is they have just about every option installed and working. Really nice.

 

[ksDevGuy]

Wonder if CentOS has anything like USB-Creator.exe from the Fedora Core 9 guys -- that single click allows you to format a USB thumb drive as essentially a solid state Linux Live CD with a rewritable section for storing files, changes, apps, etc. Essentially a solid state Linux box on a $14 2GB USB key!

Would make for a slick PBIAF implementation option at some point. We use it for solidstate kiosks/overhead-flat-panel applications as a cheapo solidstate network PC will boot the thumbdrive and at $250 and the size of a couple paperbacks works nicely.

Anyhow, just a thought out loud.

ksDevGuy

 

[wardmundy]

Terrific idea. In fact, we've been scratching around to at least make the backup flash drive bootable so you could skip the step of burning CDs for a restore.

 

[utsmostdumbest]

Well I too have decided to try out the epc2 (in fact I bought two). I made the decision after reading Asterisk Hell. I am going to attempt to run them with my Sangoma T1 cards. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[wardmundy]

Be sure to try out the new 15-minute install. We should have the mirrored server software available... soon.

 

[utsmostdumbest]

Haha. You have me all figured out. Mirrored servers is why I bought two. So I am patiently waiting. I just finished installing my Sangoma A101 card without a hitch. I will be posting my script here once I test to make sure it works.

 

[gizmosrcool]

Raid 1 on the drives

One more item. The Everex gpc2 includes raid 1 built in. Activate it in the bios, add another drive, create the array, restore mondo CD's and bam = priceless. You can now take a hardware failure on a drive. 80GB drives are cheap and this is a good insurance policy.

 

[wardmundy]

WOW! You learn something every day. Great find!!!

 

[wardmundy]

Hey, gizmosrcool. How 'bout a little step-by-step. I haven't got a second drive... yet.

Press DEL. Choose Integrated Peripherals. Then VIA ONChip IDE Device. Then IDE Device. Then SATA Mode = RAID.

What's next? And how do you do it? Thx.

 

[mtennant]

Can anyone give me a motherboard number for this new Everex/WalMart variant with the built-in RAID support?

 

[utsmostdumbest]

mtennant, scroll up and check post #55.