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Categories: LinuxTrixboxVoIP

Acer Netbook as Trixbox VoIP PBX/Server

Interesting story:

On the weekend, my Trixbox VoIP PBX (which runs Asterisk) failed. Unfortunately, during the restore process the hard drive also blew up. Temporarily I setup a ML350G5 as a temp VoIP PBX, however today I had the chance to setup an old Acer Aspire Netbook which I had sitting in a box as my new permanent VoIP PBX.

I used a USB CD-Rom to install Trixbox, as for some reason I couldn’t get it to load the kickstart file during a grub boot off a USB key, also couldn’t get it to mount the NFS install export (maybe the kernel didn’t have support for NFS?).

 

The netbook had decent specs:

Dual-Core 1.5Ghz Process

1GB Ram

Battery (this means I don’t have to put it on my UPS for all my server equipment)

 

Got it setup and it’s running great! 🙂

Stephen Wagner

Stephen Wagner is President of Digitally Accurate Inc., an IT Consulting, IT Services and IT Solutions company. Stephen Wagner is also a VMware vExpert, NVIDIA NGCA Advisor, and HPE Influencer, and also specializes in a number of technologies including Virtualization and VDI.

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