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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:54:49 +0100, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >dave morgan wrote: > >>I have enough bits to build a usb cd-rom drive if necessary, but have >>not decided whether to acutely buy one, 500 dollars + shipping is a >>bit expensive, still trying to find cheaper alternative in the UK. >> >>Dave >> >> >Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but check out www.mini-itx.com > >They have an online store and sell cases and motherboards etc for this >sort of thing. You're looking at about £65 for a board, case is usually >another £50 or so, and to install Debian you could connect a CD or DVD >drive to the machine and just remove it when you're finished. > >Rob Sorry to all for not getting back earlier ... family health problems took priority. Thanks for the pointer Rob, my current favorite board from Mini-Itx is a Via EPIA PD5000E, with 2xLAN, 4xCOM, 6xUSB and lots of other I/O, and can boot from anything! Favorite case is the C137 (about the size of my laptop, plenty(!) of room for all my expansion needs). Hope to get it ordered next week. Dave -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html