From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 16 20:07:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59D8F1065670 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:07:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3384D8FC21 for ; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:07:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 22883 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2009 20:07:40 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 16 Mar 2009 20:07:40 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id B04705084B; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:07:39 -0400 (EDT) To: Jaime References: From: Lowell Gilbert Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:07:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: (jaime@snowmoon.com's message of "Sun\, 15 Mar 2009 11\:31\:50 -0400") Message-ID: <44k56pteno.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MSI "nettop" supported? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:07:41 -0000 Jaime writes: > I'm considering getting one of MSI's "nettop" computers to run a small > server in my home. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if it > would run FreeBSD or not? There is a model with Linux pre-installed, > so I'm hopeful. I just figured I'd ask before spending a few hundred > dollars. :) > > http://msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=Wind_Nettop_CS120&class=npc > > Also, I have no prior experience with FreeBSD's wifi support or using > Compact Flash or SD cards. (Despite using FreeBSD since version > 2.2.1!) Any pointers? The wifi support is hard to evaluate, because that web page doesn't list any details about the hardware. Flash disks are no big deal, especially if they will already be inserted at boot time. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/