Not actually related to Peter's questions, but:

Has anyone tried running NetBSD on the VIA EPIA boards?  Not exactly like
the Soekris, but might be nice toys.. although not suitable for a firewall
or router use because they only have one Ethernet port.. :-I

http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_mini_itx_spec.jsp?motherboardId=21

  -jm