Subject: Re: Mini-ITX anyone?
To: None <et@houseofet.com>
From: Dr. Richard Lin <lin@nsysu.edu.tw>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/10/2002 09:00:45
I am running NetBSD-i386 in VIA Mini-ITX. Everything is good. So far I did 
not find any difference from the any x86 motherboard.

-Richard

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From: "Ernst du Toit" <et@houseofet.com>
To: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 10:10:45 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: Mini-ITX anyone?

> Hi
> 
> Has anyone tried NetBSD-i386 on these new-ish mini-ITX boards? I'm
> particularly interested in the VIA EPIA Mini-ITX board since it 
> seems to be the only one I can source right now.
> 
> The main issue is the CPU - the VIA C3. From what I know it's not a Cyrix
> C3 but an evolved IDT WinChip. VIA bought both companies and canned Cyrix
> in favour of the WinChip while keeping the better known C3 naming...
> 
> As for the rest of the board, VIA Rhine networking and the standard fluffy
> IDE - guess it's got the same IDE problems as the rest of the VIA range.
> The rest I/O on the board does not interest me as I'm looking at it 
> for a headless, low noise, small foot print mail/web server at home. 
> So at most it will support 3-5 users and a website hanging of an 
> 128k DSL line.
> 
> --et
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