[tech] Kalashnikov on the fritz

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I have one of our 2 Raspi 1B's in my lab,
waiting to be returned to the club (I keep forgetting to carry it over)

Its not really a valid replacement for Kalashnikov (unlike perhaps the 
Raspi 2).

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On 23/04/2015 10:08 PM, Andrew Adamson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I logged into Kalashnikov tonight to natively compile some code for arm,
> but it seems that it has a corrupt file system. Dmesg shows "error:
> ext2_lookup: deleted inode referenced" hundreds of times and I can't get
> fsck to fix it. Given kalashnikov is getting a bit long in the tooth
> anyway, I thought that now might be a good time to upgrade it.
>
> The first thing I looked at is the new raspi 2, which is also ARMv7 (same
> instruction set as kalashnikov) but is quad core and clocked higher. The
> ram is the same unfortunately, but at least it has 4 usb ports. If we were
> to use this is a desktop machine, it would want a case, so ballpark cost
> is $80 for that.
>
> BUT - is there a better machine we could be looking at? I'd be keen on
> getting a 64-bit ARM machine or something higher specced than a raspi if
> anyone can lay their hands on one.
>
> Failing this, kalashnikov probably wants a new hdd and ubuntu reinstalling
> in the near future.
>
> Andrew Adamson
> bob at ucc.asn.au
>
> |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them."                |
> | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
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