I think I have back ups of most of those things. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Matthew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simontek@gmail.com" target="_blank">simontek@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">command line distro, with mplayer. not difficult.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Dennis Ruzeski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:denniruz@gmail.com" target="_blank">denniruz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">You would really need a small footprint distro to pull that off as the<br>
RPi has only 512M of memory.<br>
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Richard Bronosky <<a href="mailto:richard@bronosky.com" target="_blank">richard@bronosky.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm hoping to design a system that any parent can build themselves. Ideally<br>
> this would mean:<br>
> 1. no soldering<br>
> 2. runs on ignition switched power (no need to tie into constant/clock power<br>
> as has been suggested elsewhere)<br>
><br>
> I'll add your link to my reference material, but at a price greater than the<br>
> RPi, it would be my absolute last resort.<br>
><br>
> As simontek noted, Linux live CDs work this way. Also, Linux based routers<br>
> are power fault tolerant. That's the route I want to go.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Dennis Ruzeski <<a href="mailto:denniruz@gmail.com" target="_blank">denniruz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> 1- The last computer I could just turn off ran DOS 6.. Wanna go back<br>
>> there? Be be guest.<br>
>> 2- I don't think a read-only system is ideal here. Use this instead-<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://store.mp3car.com/Micro_Shutdown_Controller_p/PWR-007.htm?ProductCode=PWR-007&Click=29952" target="_blank">http://store.mp3car.com/Micro_Shutdown_Controller_p/PWR-007.htm?ProductCode=PWR-007&Click=29952</a><br>
>><br>
>> Good luck! I'll be rolling a car pc here in the next few weeks on a<br>
>> RPi. We should exchange notes when we're done or maybe this is a good<br>
>> meeting subject?<br>
>><br>
>> --Dennis<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Richard Bronosky <<a href="mailto:richard@bronosky.com" target="_blank">richard@bronosky.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> > Don't know why this failed before...<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
>> > From: "Richard Bronosky" <<a href="mailto:Richard@bronosky.com" target="_blank">Richard@bronosky.com</a>><br>
>> > Date: Nov 30, 2012 1:17 AM<br>
>> > Subject: Need help building a read only linux appliance<br>
>> > To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
>> > Cc:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I want to turn one of these Raspberry Pis into a car-puter that will<br>
>> > only be<br>
>> > used to play videos from a USB drive. It needs to be able to survive<br>
>> > having<br>
>> > the power cut off without being shut down. (Remember when you could do<br>
>> > that<br>
>> > to a computer?)<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Anyone have any suggestions on how to do this?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I'd also like to include a very tiny partition where the video player<br>
>> > can<br>
>> > write a progress indicator files every 15 seconds to be used to resume<br>
>> > playback. That can come later though if it complicates matters.<br>
>> ><br>
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