[Coco] Drivewire and raspberry pi 2

[John B]

Great.  Thank you for the info.

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yep, a pi or pogoplug or similar small linux box plus a USB serial adapter
> makes a very nice little drivewire server.  Run with --noui on that, then
> you have several options for inserting disks and such:
>
> 1. You can run the full UI on a modern PC with the --noserver option and
> connect to the server on the smaller device as needed.  You don't have to
> leave the UI running, its fine to just use it whenever needed.
>
> 2. You can use the included CLI tool DW4CLI.jar to send dw commands to the
> server from the linux command line.
>
> 3. You can use the OS9 dw utility to send the same set of dw commands to
> the server from the CoCo.
>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015, 12:04 PM John B <trymyz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ahh.  Usb to serial plugged into the PogoPlug.  Got it.
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I generally don't use one. Any USB to serial adapter does the trick
> more
> > > easily. I have tested serial to ip using a digicomm terminal server and
> > an
> > > old Cisco router and they work but its more of a headache to get them
> set
> > > up.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015, 11:59 AM John B <trymyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks.  What are you using for a serial to IP bridge?
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > To start DW4 without a gui, add the --noui option on the command
> > line.
> > > In
> > > > > this mode it needs only a few MB of ram. I've used it on a Linksys
> > > router
> > > > > with only 16mb ram total and a 233mhz cpu. It would be fine on a
> > > > pogoplug,
> > > > > raspberry pi of any model, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > There is also a limited gui that may work on modest systems, iirc
> the
> > > > > option is --liteui. Use --help to list all the options if that's
> not
> > > > right.
> > > > >
> > > > > The raspberry pi is also able to run the full GUI and the libraries
> > for
> > > > > this are included, but its not very fast.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015, 11:44 AM John B <trymyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Steve,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do you have any instructions/information on how to implement DW4
> on
> > > the
> > > > > > PogoPlug?  Does it just interface over the network?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Steven Hirsch <
> snhirsch at gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Fri, 3 Jul 2015, Bill Nobel wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  I have it on my Mac’s and PC’s (total of 4) and one time tried
> > on
> > > my
> > > > > Pi
> > > > > > >> ver B. It is the Gui that slowed it down the most.  I think
> > Aaron
> > > > has
> > > > > a
> > > > > > non
> > > > > > >> Gui interface that runs in the background, but have not
> > > investigated
> > > > > it
> > > > > > too
> > > > > > >> much.  I even have gone to the extent of having the DW server
> > on 1
> > > > > > machine
> > > > > > >> and tied it to another machine(s) for the drives.  Aaron has
> > done
> > > a
> > > > > very
> > > > > > >> good job in getting the Networking tied across Multiple
> > platforms.
> > > > > > There
> > > > > > >> is one thing with Mac’s that I and Bill Pierce have noticed is
> > > that
> > > > on
> > > > > > >> Linux or Unix (Macs) that network paths get a little funky,
> but
> > > > still
> > > > > > works.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I run DW4 as a daemon (headless) on a Seagate Dockstar (aka
> > > PogoPlug)
> > > > > > > appliance.  If I need to configure anything, I fire up the UI
> on
> > my
> > > > > Linux
> > > > > > > machine and access it remotely.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Speed is perfectly adequate, even on this little machine with
> > 256MB
> > > > of
> > > > > > > memory.
> > > > > > >
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