Hello! I have a Lacie Ethernet disk(2 drive) running a via C3 800 cpu, what distro?

kippermitten · 30 Jan 2011 at 14:15

As above - i want to use the lacie as a file server/backup/sharing box.
Im aware the VIA C3 isnt a full i686 chip so not sure what Linux distros it will run...
Main things are I need the drives to spin down and the unit to sleep untill woken by LAN or scheduling for recording etc.

Any help appreciated!

Cheers,

Perry.

Subliminal Aura · 30 Jan 2011 at 16:08

For the C3 I ended creating my own based on redrat years ago - I remember very little.

Right up to date how about this to start your knowledge ....

http://five.nocrew.org/via/debian.html

However I would debootstrap then build a kernel and try to get it to boot.

brendan · 30 Jan 2011 at 20:47

I had a Via C3 mini-itx board until last year. I ran it with ubuntu 8.04 (or a previous version i'm not 100%) using a CF card. I can also tell you Fedora 10 runs on it.

I know centos doesnt run and archlinux won't either.

Good luck, it's fun hardware despite it's limitations!

jack.mitchell · 31 Jan 2011 at 10:16

I run Debian on mine. It's perfect apart from the fact that mine only has USB 1.1, can't even max out my 50mb connection due to this limitation!

MikeHiow · 31 Jan 2011 at 11:36

Many distros still supply an i386 build.