From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 13 05:29:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E45106566C for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:29:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B75AD8FC0C for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:29:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n8D5SQN7078195; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:28:26 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:29:59 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20090912.232959.723161857.imp@bsdimp.com> To: matt@smiffytech.com From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <4AAC6ED0.5030702@smiffytech.com> References: <1194242475.20090912204353@serebryakov.spb.ru> <78ACB4D316DCF346930D02BC4B2A4FE905DCD945@mail.syx.local> <4AAC6ED0.5030702@smiffytech.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some small networked box with FreeBSD support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:29:57 -0000 In message: <4AAC6ED0.5030702@smiffytech.com> Matthew Smith writes: : Quoth Philip Mullis at 2009-09-13 11:11... : > Have you looked at the alix pcengines boards? there amd geode based and you can get 3 port versions for around 110usd perhaps easier to get in your region than soekris. : : These look pretty cool - and cheap. : : I've been mucking around with some ancient PC104 SBCs, planning to get : some sort of Flash FreeBSD installation so I can hook it into a GPS : module and use it as a Stratum 1 NTP server. : : Might be a lot easier to use one of these instead - and as I need to : track down a load of extra (and old fashioned) RAM, may not cost more : either. : : Don't suppose anyone has a suitable disc image that will fit on a 4Gb CF : card? (Part of the reason I haven't got very far with this is the fact : that getting FreeBSD to install in 4Gb seems more fiddly than I have the : time for.) FreeBSD installs into about 400MB w/o any tweaks at all. so 4gb should be child's play. Warner