[Coco] Drivewire and raspberry pi 2

[Aaron Wolfe]

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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