[NBLUG/talk] Linux for media player system

[Sean]

I am curious about your desire to use "flash" ram as your hard drive.
Due to the nature of flash ram, this is impossible, unless you mean a
USB key or other external device. Flash drives cannot be written to
dynamically (at the will of the OS instead of running a flash utility
to change the memory's contents). Unless you are willing to use a
memory-resident only type of Linux (such as a Live CD of some sort)
written to the flash memory card and runs completely in RAM, what you
want to do cannot work.

If anyone knows of a way to accomplish this allowing the OS to
dynamically write to the flash memory, I will be very interested to
hear it.

Sean


On 6/15/06, Jose I. Sanchez <dahose1 at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Ok, I have an interesting project for which I am beginning the research.
>
> I intend to build a nano-itx PC to use as a media center PC in a car.  I
> have been looking at Windows Media player because it has a lot of stuff
> integrated and makes life easier when using a touch panel and servo
> controllers.  Ease comes with a price though and the size of the OS is a
> problem considering that I want to use flash ram as the HD.  Sooooooo .....
> does anyone have recommendations for a distro and program package that would
> best fill my needs?  I want to use a touch panel, bluetooth keyboard,
> 802.11G NIC, bluetooth GPS and a servo controller that will need control
> panels coded.  There is my excuse to finally learn PERL.
>
> Jose
>
>
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