Topic '[Equipment] Installing Asterisk on a Playstation 2' in forum 'VOIP Tech Chat' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22845736 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:13:29 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:13:29 EDT Re: [Equipment] Installing Asterisk on a Playstation 2 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846961 said by pandora:

You may want to investigate a low cost router as an alternative. Our PS/2 (like our PS3's and Xbox 360's) tend to use a lot of power. Your cost of operation may exceed any savings even from a free PS2.
Totally a valid point. I thought I had a home run with my Buffalo NAS (I installed a customized build of Debian with Asterisk), but unfortunately I cant support the GUI. My father in law is a CLI wizard, but I like to constantly tinker so a GUI is easier for me to work with when he isnt around.
--
Obama = Jimmy Carter part 2
"Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move"
-Sun Tzu-
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846961 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:32:25 EDT Re: [Equipment] Installing Asterisk on a Playstation 2 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846959
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_···tation_2

There have been instances of people getting asterisk compiled on a PS3, but there are a lot more economical solutions out there, as has been pointed out.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846959 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:31:40 EDT Re: [Equipment] Installing Asterisk on a Playstation 2 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846950 said by mazilo:

said by wifi4milez:

Just for kicks I tried inserting the disk I used to format my desktop but the PS2 didnt boot from it.
I am not sure if I understood you correctly that you tried to run a Windows/DOS disk on a PS/2? If so, that's not going to work. A PS/2 has a different hardware architecture and uses different type of CPU than a Windows/DOS desktop computer. I am sure you will find a lot of information from a Google search on how to turn a PS/2 into a Linux computer system to run asterisk.
I figured it wouldnt work but I figured I might as well try it. I was going through my closet looking for something else and I remembered that (I thought I heard) the PS2 could be made to run linux.
--
Obama = Jimmy Carter part 2
"Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move"
-Sun Tzu-
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846950 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:30:06 EDT Re: [Equipment] Installing Asterisk on a Playstation 2 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846884 --
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846884 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:13:16 EDT Re: [Equipment] Installing Asterisk on a Playstation 2 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846844 said by wifi4milez:

Just for kicks I tried inserting the disk I used to format my desktop but the PS2 didnt boot from it.I am not sure if I understood you correctly that you tried to run a Windows/DOS disk on a PS/2? If so, that's not going to work. A PS/2 has a different hardware architecture and uses different type of CPU than a Windows/DOS desktop computer. I am sure you will find a lot of information from a Google search on how to turn a PS/2 into a Linux computer system to run asterisk.
--
Mazilo always prays for FREEBIES!
US Phone: +1-678-601-0907
UK Phone: +44-703-194-2574
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846844 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:06:06 EDT Re: [Equipment] Installing Asterisk on a Playstation 2 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846599 said by mazilo:

said by wifi4milez:

If so, how did you get around the lack of an ethernet port on the PS2 for connectivity purposes?
IIRC, there are several releases of a PS/2. Perhaps, the one you mentioned is the original release that doesn't have a 10Mbps ethernet port, but can be added through a cartridge, IIRC. OTOH, I believe the last release, thin PS/2, should have a 10Mbps ethernet port built-in. IIRC, this device comes with a built-in 32MB RAM with its CPU runs @400MHz and can deliver a whopping 6GFlops! It probably is an overkill machine for asterisk.
Thats a good point. I have one of the earliest models they made (slower CPU, I assume less RAM, and no Ethernet port). Just for kicks I tried inserting the disk I used to format my desktop but the PS2 didnt boot from it. I think I need "trick" the PS2 into booting from CD, so I am searching around for the way to do that. Asterisk on a PS2 does sound like an interesting idea, so if anyone has done it fell free to chime in!
--
Obama = Jimmy Carter part 2
"Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move"
-Sun Tzu-
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846599 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:24:08 EDT Re: [Equipment] Installing Asterisk on a Playstation 2 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846525 said by wifi4milez:

If so, how did you get around the lack of an ethernet port on the PS2 for connectivity purposes?IIRC, there are several releases of a PS/2. Perhaps, the one you mentioned is the original release that doesn't have a 10Mbps ethernet port, but can be added through a cartridge, IIRC. OTOH, I believe the last release, thin PS/2, should have a 10Mbps ethernet port built-in. IIRC, this device comes with a built-in 32MB RAM with its CPU runs @400MHz and can deliver a whopping 6GFlops! It probably is an overkill machine for asterisk.
--
Mazilo always prays for FREEBIES!
US Phone: +1-678-601-0907
UK Phone: +44-703-194-2574
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22846525 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:12:13 EDT [Equipment] Installing Asterisk on a Playstation 2 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22845736 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Equipment-Installing-Asterisk-on-a-Playstation-2-22845736 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:59:29 EDT