Dreamcast/BSD Webserver

Caladan writes "I've been lurking on the NetBSD Port-Dreamcast list, and I took note that someone regularly uses their Dreamcast as a webserver. Let's see if someone can write a Dreamcast emulator for BSD!"

Re:Dreamcast Server Farms

[Teferi]

Cool idea, assuming you can find a way to attach hard drives directly to the DCs.
That guy's DC netboots and NFS-mounts root...suppose you could have a whole server farm doing that, but then you're just shifting the cost; you now have to buy beefy netboot servers that Don't Go Down(tm).
Add in that the DC doesn't have much RAM and isn't expandable, and it looks rather grim...but I still love the idea of a rack full of DCs. :)

"If ignorance is bliss, may I never be happy.

Re:Dreamcast Server Farms

[questionlp]

NFS mounting shares would probably be the best way to do it, unless if you want to store static stuff onto a CD (but I'm not sure how well the CD-ROM drive will fair.. hehe).

I wonder if there is anyway to hack the Dreamcast to upgrade the memory (like some of the guys did with the HP 48G/GX calculators to double the memory... drool :)

For a simple web server, you can use tHTTPD or maybe some tight C code that can call to a backend server to generate the HTML. Dunno.

Dreamcast Server Farms

[questionlp]

It would be interesting to see someone or some company use the Dreamcast as web servers behind a load balancer considering that the Dreamcast is fairly inexpensive compared to the cheapest rackmount servers out there.

Another interesting function that the Dreamcast servers could provide would be a mini-gaming server. It might work as a MUD server or as a simple backend server for web-based games, etc.

that's why i bought a DC

[DrSkwid]

for £200 (with kb & mouse) I got a DC as a quirky puta. Just waiting for the NetBSD, Inferno SH3/4 & linux-Dc projects to sort me out a bootable OS with kb, mouse & video support and I'm away.

Damn my TV broke so I'll need one of those too!


.oO0Oo.

Re:that's why i bought a DC

[DrSkwid]

woot
thanks to this story I now now I can boot in text mode - was serial last time I looked.

now to get a broadband adapter !!

then run vnvserver on it and strp enlightenment on!
.oO0Oo.

Re:Dreamcast Server Farms

[SuiteSisterMary]

If you're serving static HTML anyway, just create a RAM disk and serve your content off of that.

wooowhooo!

[zentex]

Now i can stop plyaing DinoCrisis and do something *productive* with my DreamCast!

Hell, i only bought the damn thing to run NBSD (and plus it droped down to $99!).

Of course, everyone thinks I'm insane for wanting to run NBSD on the dreamcast...

NO SPORK

Re:NetBSD is definately dying.

[j-pimp]

NetBSd was meant to be a niche market. With FreeBSD working on PPC and sparc support and OpenBSD offering more security with decent multi platform support there is no need for it in the "real" market. NetBSD place is running on VAX's and toasters and Dreamcasts.

Please...

[Feces Slut]

I'm horny and covered in my own feces head-to-toes. Who wants to lick me clean? =)