CentOS - Jun 2017 - OT - lowest power, cheapest python interpreter

I am searching for the cheapeat *nix SOC device with ethernet and wifi that
can run Python 2.7. Ethernet should be 100mbit and hopefully supporting PXE.

OT because im doubting you can squeeze our bloaty friend onto such a
device.... :)

On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 09:00:42PM +0200, Andrew Holway
wrote:
> I am searching for the cheapeat *nix SOC device with ethernet and wifi that
> can run Python 2.7. Ethernet should be 100mbit and hopefully supporting
PXE.
> 
> OT because im doubting you can squeeze our bloaty friend onto such a
> device.... :)
Raspberry Pi 3B ???? 35 bucks notincluding power supply or SD card.

the only thing I'm not sure of is the PXE part.


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On 6/9/2017 12:44 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 09:00:42PM +0200, Andrew Holway wrote:
>> I am searching for the cheapeat *nix SOC device with ethernet and wifi
that
>> can run Python 2.7. Ethernet should be 100mbit and hopefully supporting
PXE.
>>
>> OT because im doubting you can squeeze our bloaty friend onto such a
>> device....:)
> Raspberry Pi 3B ???? 35 bucks notincluding power supply or SD card.
>
> the only thing I'm not sure of is the PXE part.

Pi 3 supports PXE over ethernet without using an SD card... I don't 
believe the older Pi's do, unless you put the PXE bootloader on an SD card.

I usually figure a Pi costs $50 + SD card, as I like to put them in a 
case, and they do need a decent 2 amp MicroUSB PSU, you can get a case + 
wallwart for $15 on top of the $35 board cost.


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On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 15:44:47 -0400
Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 09:00:42PM +0200, Andrew Holway wrote:
> > I am searching for the cheapeat *nix SOC device with ethernet and
> > wifi that can run Python 2.7. Ethernet should be 100mbit and
> > hopefully supporting PXE.
> > 
> > OT because im doubting you can squeeze our bloaty friend onto such a
> > device.... :)  
> 
> Raspberry Pi 3B ???? 35 bucks notincluding power supply or SD card.
> 
> the only thing I'm not sure of is the PXE part.
> 
> 
see here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/48af52/raspberry_pi_3_usb_and_pxe_network_boot_boot/

d


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On Fri, June 9, 2017 2:00 pm, Andrew Holway wrote:
> I am searching for the cheapeat *nix SOC device with ethernet and wifi
> that
> can run Python 2.7. Ethernet should be 100mbit and hopefully supporting
> PXE.
>
> OT because im doubting you can squeeze our bloaty friend onto such a
> device.... :)
I don't know what your device's goal is, but you may think of running
pfsense as a system on it:

https://www.pfsense.org/download/

, and you should be able to add to it FreeBSD packages, between which you
can find almost anything:

https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_Packages

- just mentioning (much!) slimmer thing (once you mentioned "our bloaty
friend").

Good luck!

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On 09/06/17 21:00, Andrew Holway wrote:
> I am searching for the cheapeat *nix SOC device with ethernet and wifi that
> can run Python 2.7. Ethernet should be 100mbit and hopefully supporting
PXE.
> 
> OT because im doubting you can squeeze our bloaty friend onto such a
> device.... :)
I would have answered "CentOS 7 on armhfp board" but your last
requirement is the one I'm not sure about : PXE boot

But it seems possible :
http://linux-sunxi.org/How_to_boot_the_A10_or_A20_over_the_network

Never tried that, but it seems that you still need to at least have
uboot on a microSD, as embedded firmware on such low cost armhfp boards
have zero features for this

Now if someone has interest in this , why not test it and report that on
the dedicated "CentOS armhfp" wiki page ?
https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/Arm32  :-)

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I recommend the Cubieboards or Linkspirt.  The advantage of both of 
these over a RaspberryPI:

Mainline kernel.  See what it takes for a special RPi kernel over on the 
Centos-arm list.
Sata interface.  What are you going to run your stuff on? A slow SD card 
or a slow USB drive?


See my install howto over at: http://www.htt-consult.com/Centos7-armv7.html

And in fact, I have a LinkSprite PCnano3 that I am not using and am 
willing to sell.  I have run Centos-arm7 on it, booting directly from a 
Sata drive.

If interested, contact me privately.

On 06/09/2017 03:00 PM, Andrew Holway wrote:
> I am searching for the cheapeat *nix SOC device with ethernet and wifi that
> can run Python 2.7. Ethernet should be 100mbit and hopefully supporting
PXE.
>
> OT because im doubting you can squeeze our bloaty friend onto such a
> device.... :)
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On 06/10/2017 02:54 AM, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
> On 09/06/17 21:00, Andrew Holway wrote:
>> I am searching for the cheapeat *nix SOC device with ethernet and wifi
that
>> can run Python 2.7. Ethernet should be 100mbit and hopefully supporting
PXE.
>>
>> OT because im doubting you can squeeze our bloaty friend onto such a
>> device.... :)
> I would have answered "CentOS 7 on armhfp board" but your last
> requirement is the one I'm not sure about : PXE boot
>
> But it seems possible :
> http://linux-sunxi.org/How_to_boot_the_A10_or_A20_over_the_network
Is Hans de Goede still over at Redhat?  He stepped down from maintaining 
Sunxi, but did major work on uboot, and this looks like something that 
he had a hand in.  He was the one to set up the Cubieboard uboot to look 
for other devices if no partitions on the mSD card.
> Never tried that, but it seems that you still need to at least have
> uboot on a microSD, as embedded firmware on such low cost armhfp boards
> have zero features for this
>
> Now if someone has interest in this , why not test it and report that on
> the dedicated "CentOS armhfp" wiki page ?
> https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/Arm32  :-)
I don't do any network booting.  I prefer to have my local sata drive...

On 6/10/2017 9:19 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I recommend the Cubieboards or Linkspirt.  The advantage of both of 
> these over a RaspberryPI:
>
> Mainline kernel.  See what it takes for a special RPi kernel over on 
> the Centos-arm list.
> Sata interface.  What are you going to run your stuff on? A slow SD 
> card or a slow USB drive? 

I use Rasbian on my pi's.      its pretty hard to beat $35 for the pi3 
if cost is important.

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