swap_pager indefinite wait buffer - question - SOLVED

[Matthew Dillon]

That's an excellent use of a free OS.  I was in Tanzania at the beginning
of the year on vacation.  You can do a lot with 1GB and a lean UI.  All the
BSDs should do quite well in that configuration.

-Matt

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 4:05 AM, PeerCorps Trust Fund <
ipc at peercorpstrust.org> wrote:

> It certainly is, although the machines are actually running stock FreeBSD
> 10.1.
>
> PC-BSD was an option in the beginning, but because these were older
> computers it was easier to build a low-resource install enabling only basic
> services such as NFS rather than trying to pare down a PC-BSD install to
> suit the needs of the project (which is a basic KDE-based workstation).
>
> Most of those desktops had only one gigabyte of RAM ad PC-BSD uses a lot
> of resources. We learned a lot in the process and will be implementing
> modified libraries in the coming year using donated computer equipment.
>
> I think many underestimate the enormous value that such projects have in
> these communities. Just having access to books and educational material is
> tremendously beneficial from a development perspective.
>
> On 12/26/2014 01:12 PM, Carsten Mattner wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 12:43 AM, PeerCorps Trust Fund
> > <ipc at peercorpstrust.org> wrote:
> >> Indeed in Tanzania :) we have a couple of technology initiatives taking
> place at the
> >> moment and *BSD is at the center in many ways. The delivery of
> educational
> >> materials and books to resource-limited communities is an important aim
> of
> >> these initiatives.
> >>
> >> We actually used FreeBSD in our first effort, but want to experiment
> with some
> >> of the capabilities of DragonflyBSD and HAMMER in the next one. In our
> >> estimation we can possibly stretch our hardware and funds a bit further
> with
> >> DragonflyBSD/HAMMER owing to its low resource requirements.
> >
> > Ah nice. Is it the same project we heard recently of with photos of a
> library
> > room running PCBSD machines with a video and document library?
> >
> >
> >> On 12/25/2014 11:20 PM, Carsten Mattner wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 7:08 PM, PeerCorps Trust Fund
> >>> <ipc at peercorpstrust.org> wrote:
> >>>> I just wanted to take the opportunity update a previous post that I
> made to the
> >>>> list concerning a swap_pager concern. It isn't an issue at all but
> the fault of my
> >>>> own ignorance and hardware limits.
> >>>>
> >>>> The external drive in question was simply not pulling enough power
> from the
> >>>> USB port of the laptop. This was likely resulting in a stalled drive
> when anything
> >>>> substantial was being copied to it.
> >>>>
> >>>> This has since been solved by connecting the drive first to an
> externally powered
> >>>> USB hub. So, if there is anyone else out there having a similar
> issue, trying this
> >>>> seems to do the trick. Alternatively, just use a drive that is
> powered externally.
> >>>>
> >>>> Everything works beautifully now and this low cost experiment for a
> simple file
> >>>> server will find a home in a school classroom next year.
> >>>
> >>> In Tanzania?
> >>>
> >>> FreeBSD had a writeup about a set of PCBSD machines installed in
> Nigeria IIRC.
> >>>
> >>> A blog post or other writeup to link on dragonflybsd.org would surely
> be nice.
> >>>
> >>
>
> --
> Michael L. Wilson
> International Project Coordinator
> PeerCorps Trust Fund - Tanzania
>
>
>
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