Site has moved...

Submitted by Coyote on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 2:00pm.

Tina & I got a divorce...so it's no longer timntina. Been that way since September 2008. Anyway...you should check out the new site. it's http://www.tjwiley.com. I'm actually keeping that content somewhat updated. This site receives no more updates. This is the last one. The only reason I keep it is because the new site hasn't gotten very good ranking because I just haven't tried yet. Anyway..come by. I've still got pictures, Debian Cobalt articles & I've even started with a bit of commentary on the interesting things I see. See you there!

Thank you,
Tim Wiley

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Ka-BOOM

Submitted by Coyote on Sun, 08/31/2008 - 8:34pm.

Did you hear that?

Did the world just end?

I think it's starting.

Little Apocalypse is now online. Just in time, sugars.

The first incarnation includes stuff from Cassie Smyth, Paul Carrington, Tim Wiley, and Brandon French. ARAJAY is fleeing his own little apocalypse in the form of hurricane Gustav, so his contributions are understandably delayed. But we hope to have some of his material available with the September 7th or 14th updates.

We hope you enjoy the apocalypse.

littleapocalypse.com

 

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Compiling Linux Kernel v.2.6.24.3 for Debian Cobalt x86 Machines

Submitted by Coyote on Sat, 09/15/2007 - 11:07am.
Follow these instructions at your own risk. They work perfectly on my RaQ4, but I can't guarantee they'll work on your Cobalt. I cannot be held responsible for your machine.

I don't always check this page for comments, so please, leave your comments & then contact me using my contact page so I know to come by & respond. You should also check on my updates before starting, this is where I note new versions of my patches & whatnot.

These instructions assume that you've already upgraded your ROM to at least 2.10.3 from the Cobalt ROM Sourceforge Project. I'm using cobalt-2.10.3-ext3-1M. It's probably a good idea to have an NFS boot server handy or be able to set one up pretty quick. Installing Debian 3.1 Sarge on a Cobalt RaQ4 shows you how to set that up. If something isn't right with the kernel & it doesn't boot, you'll want to be able to boot from the network to fix any issues.

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Luke - Our New Baby Boy

Submitted by Coyote on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 7:53am.

Welcome Luke to the Wiley family. We brought him home on July 8th, 2007 when he was 7 weeks old. He greeted us & wanted to play as soon as we went to look at him. He's going to be pretty big. His dad stood about 5 and a half feet tall against the fence & was around 90 or 100 pounds. He's a pretty chill lab. We love him dearly & are having a great time with him. When trying to pick a name, I decided that since Kneesa was named after a Start Wars character, I'd go ahead & stick with that & named him after Luke Skywalker. Click Here for more pictures.

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Kneesa - Tina's Little Girl

Submitted by Coyote on Sun, 07/30/2006 - 7:24pm.

Welcome Kneesa to the Wiley family. We brought her home on July 25th, 2006. She was 8 weeks old & about 1.25 pounds. She's absolutely precious. We named her after the Ewok Princess from the Star Wars series (anyone can see that she looks like an Ewok). We really adore her & she's brought a lot of happiness into our lives. Jada is still trying to adjust to sharing our attention with Kneesa, but she's getting used to it slowly. Click Here for more pictures.

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Installing Debian 3.1 Sarge on a Cobalt RaQ4

Submitted by Coyote on Tue, 06/27/2006 - 10:01pm.

Follow these instructions at your own risk. This worked perfectly on my Cobalt RaQ4, but may not work on all machines. I cannot be held responsible for your machine.

Click here for updates since my install.

I don't always check this page for comments, so please, leave your comments & then contact me using my contact page so I know to come by & respond.

The process below is how I installed Debian 3.1 Sarge on my Cobalt RaQ4. I used various sources of information to do this, but the most help came from the Debian Cobalt HOWTO that I found on the Internet. At the time this article was written, the site was down, so I've reposted the original on my site. I'll simply copy most parts of the original document because it is written SO well. So if you compare the two, you'll see a lot of similarities, but I've added/removed/changed the things that didn't work for me. I'll also include lessons learned throughout this process. Mostly things I wanted the cobalt to do, but it just won't do it. Many thanks to Tim Hockin, a former Cobalt engineer who has continued hacking the Cobalt kernel long after Sun backed out. Without his initial work on the Cobalt ROM Kernels, there's no way we could have been using these machines with a modern OS. So...let's get started. Shall we?

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Our New Site

Submitted by Coyote on Sun, 02/26/2006 - 11:16pm.

Well...finally. Here it is. I've been working on getting this site up and running for a few months now. It's taken a while, but I think it's been worth it. It's pretty slick & it's much better than what we had. Anyway...take a look around & enjoy. Keep checking back for updates, I hope to add stuff to it regularly. Anything from new music that I've heard to news items that I feel warrant some discussion to what ever I want.

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