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1) What speed (in RPM) is your hard drive? Lower is better for this; SCSI is NOT A GOOD IDEA. Is flash media an option? Several different *nix distros can fit on a 2gb card, and vibrations wouldn't even bother the card.
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Well it is an IDE hard drive, I think 7200 RPM. Infact I will be running Linux on it but I have not considered flash storage. So far I've just been using parts that I could find laying around my house and school. I have a few old CDrom drives, maybe I could make a LiveCD. Maybe vibration would be less of an issue for a CD drive. How much do 2gb flash cards cost and where can I buy them?
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2) How strong are the vibrations from the lawn mower?
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I don't know how strong the vibrations are. How could I go about measuring it?
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3) How much would you be running this?
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Well my end goal is to have this system cut my lawn autonomously (I've really gotten lazy about cutting the grass) so it will be run for about an hour at a time.