[VoIP] For those of you who have just installed Asterisk1.4.16.2

[Mark Rudholm]

John Novack wrote:
> 
> windmill wrote:
>> Russ,
>>
>> I noted in the December magazines that there is a solid state PC now on 
>> the market which uses a flash drive linux operating system and a flash 
>> drive RAM so I don't suppose it will be too long before somebody 
>> connects one to CNET as a *box.
>>   
> Well, it has already been done. Several times.
> When my HD failed on my Asterisk box, I continued my connectivity with
> CNET with an HP thin client with 64 Meg of flash, 256Meg of ram and a 1
> Gig flash for the configuration files, using AstLinux
> It worked quite well for a month or more, though with a few of my frills
> not connected.
> Two US members of CNET, at least, are using the Linksys router running
> openwrt as their asterisk box.
> All the above mentioned devices have no hard drive and no fan. The Cisco
> 3810 used as a 6 port ATA does have a very small very quiet fan.
> 
> There will soon be two more US CNET members joining the group with
> similar devices.
> 
> AstLinux needs about 48 Meg of space, plus a key disk which can be a 2nd
> partition on a very small HD, so your 1,2 and 4 gig drives could easily
> be used with an old processor to run Asterisk and connect to CNET.
> Unknown what specific hardware limitations may be waiting to get you
> though, I so far only have experience with the HP thin clients.

Another candidate for small, low-power, Asterisk platforms is
the Fit PC http://fit-pc.com/