Re: [Astlinux-users] So what should I think for hardware forAstLinux now?

[Kristian K. <kri...@gm...>]

On 2/21/07, ast...@el... <ast...@el...> wrote:
> Thank you for pointing out the net5501. Sounds like it will be available
> in the March/April time frame, compared to the summer time frame for the
> WRAP follow-on. I guess it's safe to assume AstLinux 0.5 will be
> supporting those two upcoming platforms.
>
> I was poking around looking for VIA based devices similar to the Soekris
> and WRAP though, but it seems an awful lot of VIA stuff that an ordinary
> consumer can buy has unnecessary stuff, like VGA, PS/2, and extra serial
> ports. Do people here have any particular VIA recommendations for a WRAP
> style board with 3 ethernet ports and a miniPCI slot, preferably fanless
> with a CF slot?
>

Hello,

  Soren has told me that I should be getting a net5501 to test on
mid-March.  So yes - AstLinux 0.5 should support it quite nicely.

  As far as the new WRAP platform, I will have to try and get one of
those too...


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Kristian Kielhofner