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The goal of this project was to successfully run Fedora 12 on the SheevaPlug. The operating system that came loaded on the device is Debian. The purpose behind installing Fedora 12 on this device is to test the operating system's performance on the ARM architecture.

= The Connection =

Since the SheevaPlug doesn't have a display adapter, it comes integrated with a built in "serial console to mini USB" connection. The connection can be made to either a Windows or Linux machine. For the purpose of this project, I connected it to a Windows machine. Once connecting it with the "mini USB to regular USB" cable, I installed the Windows drivers that came with the CD and using PuTTy I used a serial connection to COM 1 using 115200 as the connection speed. This is important to know because if you can't live without a GUI, I suggest avoiding this device. :)

= Challenges =