From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 5 14:34:23 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7407106568B for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:34:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealie@kobudo.homeunix.net) Received: from neal.nelson.name (neal.nelson.name [194.231.42.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AC2C8FC0C for ; Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:34:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adrimac.makalumedia.loc ([213.146.118.94]) (AUTH: PLAIN nealie, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,128bits,AES128-SHA) by neal.nelson.name with esmtp; Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:24:12 +0200 id 0001CC02.000000004ACA018C.0000D903 Message-Id: <9DEAD882-7297-49A0-BA86-0695E21B9F10@kobudo.homeunix.net> From: Neal Nelson To: Olivier Gautherot In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:24:04 +0200 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 on an Atom n330 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:34:23 -0000 On 2009-10-03, at 05:56 , Olivier Gautherot wrote: > Hi folks! > > For the newbies wishing to set up a cheap machine with reasonable > power > consumption, I can suggest the Atom processor. > I bought one recently (the Intel D945GCLF2) and it performs quite well > compared to my previous C3-based VIA board. > I have not got round to try the sound yet and still share the IDE port > between a HD and a DVD drive but the results are really promising. > > Note: the first set up requires a bit of fiddling around to get the > system > to start: there seems to be something weird with either IDE > controller (need > to disable the SMART mode) or the graphics memory (yes, it is shared > with > the system) but, all in all, it's a decent investment for a small > server. > > I'll drop a line if something goes wrong but currently it's running > happily > 5 compiles in parallel... > > Cheers > -- > Olivier Gautherot > olivier@gautherot.net I've been using the Intel D945GCLF (not 2) for some time as my mail/ web/VoIP server and it's run flawlessly. Installed without a hitch and no tweeks necessary. I did change the MCH fan for a quieter one though, as apart from the disc, it was the only noise in the box.