I'm hoping to design a system that any parent can build themselves. Ideally this would mean:<div>1. no soldering</div><div>2. runs on ignition switched power (no need to tie into constant/clock power as has been suggested elsewhere)</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'll add your link to my reference material, but at a price greater than the RPi, it would be my absolute last resort.</div><div><br></div><div>As simontek noted, Linux live CDs work this way. Also, Linux based routers are power fault tolerant. That's the route I want to go.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:16 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">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>
<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>
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Richard Bronosky <<a href="mailto:richard@bronosky.com">richard@bronosky.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Don't know why this failed before...<br>
><br>
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> 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">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
> Cc:<br>
><br>
> I want to turn one of these Raspberry Pis into a car-puter that will only be<br>
> used to play videos from a USB drive. It needs to be able to survive having<br>
> the power cut off without being shut down. (Remember when you could do 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 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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