Comments on: Howto: Building a Squeezebox Server for under $100… Yes, it can be done…

By: jw

jw — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:08:47 +0000

Interested in how you partitioned the 64MB drive. I get through most of the install but everytime I get to GRUB it fails. The defaults didn’t seem to work for me. Neither did the expert options.

I’m also getting another thin client from my Boss that might have a bigger internal drive, he wasn’t sure of the model. Hoping it’s one of the 512MB ones.

Thanks,
Jw

By: First! « Not Quite Mainstream

First! « Not Quite Mainstream — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:55:28 +0000

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By: First! « Not Quite Mainstream…

First! « Not Quite Mainstream… — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:52:39 +0000

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By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:22:13 +0000

My Debian install was well over 1 GB so it won’t fit on the on board flash drive. You might as well put it all on the pen drive (or fit a 2GB replacement flash drive).

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:18:18 +0000

You did a great job on that write up Kevin – thanks. By following it, I was able to get Squeezebox Server running on Debian on a 3GB pendrive attached to a Neoware CA15 (aka HP C50). Even though it only has 128MB of RAM it works perfectly. I also added NTFS file support (using NTFS-3G) so I can take the music from a 750GB USB hard drive, and Samba so I also can use it as a NAS drive for backing up all my PCs. I installed PuTTY on the PC so I can remotely control the CA15, so I don’t need a keyboard, mouse or screen. The USB drive sleeps when it’s not being used so I can leave it all on 24/7 with very low power consumption. Since I picked up the CA15 at a car boot sale, that must be the best deal since forever! And I had never used Linux before I did this. I really do owe you a beer!

By: Simon300

Simon300 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:45:14 +0000

Nice one – thanks for writing it up!

Note that the Squeezebox server 7.6 (only currently available in beta from http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.6) uses SQLite instead of MySQL so may have a lower memory footprint.

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By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:09:09 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the guide. I’ve now purchased the same thin client. When I try to install Squeezeserver package it tells me there is not enough space on the on-board memory, so, how do I install the squeezeserver onto a pen drive whilst keeping debain installd on the on-board memory please?

Many thanks

Scott

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:34:30 +0000

Great writeup! I was lucky enough to get the Squeezebox Radio for Christmas. I already had my music running on a NAS device with Debian Linux loaded. I downloaded the .deb package, used dpkg -i and was up and running in less than 5 minutes!

Now onto fixing some album art since the radio has a nice LCD built in.

By: Graves On SOHO VoIP » A SqueezeCenter Server For Under $100?

Graves On SOHO VoIP » A SqueezeCenter Server For Under $100? — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:00:36 +0000

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