Re: [beginer] netBSD on pc104

[Ian Zagorskih <ianzag%megasignal.com@localhost>]

Hello lepingouin.tux,

Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 4:32:17 PM, you wrote:

> Processor Socket      Embedded Cyrix Meida GX low power CPU
> Processor Speeds      Cyrix 266Mhz
> BIOS  Award BIOS, Y2K compliant, DMI, Plug and Play
> Chipset       Cyrix Media GX, Cyrix CX5530
> Bus Speed     66/100MHz
> Memory        One 168-pin DIMM socket provides up to 128MB SDRAM
> Onboard IDE   Two IDE disk drives support LBA mode with data rating 33MB/sec
> Onboard LAN   NS 83815 100 based LAN
> PC104         One PC/104 Bus connector for 16bit ISA Bus
> USB   Support two USB ports
> Keyboard      PS/2 6-pin Mini Din or 5-pin header
> Mouse         PS/2 6-pin Mini Din

All above is fine.

> Onboard SSD   DIP socket supports 8MB DiskOnChip Flash Disks

This can be a problem: DiskOnChip is not supported and guess never
will be due to weird politics of M-Systems folks. So if you need to
access some flash better get a board with Compact Flash socket.

> If it's necessary I can plug cdrom, floppy drive and harddrive to 
> install it.
> Is 8MB DiskOnChip enough and if not how many space I need.

I'm running NetBSD on 8Mb Compact Flash card and it works fine. But
once again: DiskOnChip is not supported.

// wbr