On 2/15/2011 12:31 AM, Sean Kamath wrote:
On Feb 14, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Ron McDowell wrote:
Or just get an Alix board http://www.pcengines.ch/alix3d3.htm [available
stateside from netgate.com] for projects like this. AMD Geode CPU, common
VGA/USB keyboard input, i386 versions of most OSes work, I have 4.7 i386
running on one with a couple 500gb USB drives as a backup server.
I'll second that -- makes a great personal firewall. Also, I bought mine
directly from pcengines.ch -- got it in like 3 days. I was amazed. Had to
get the P/S from netgate (though it will take anything from 5v-18v). I loved
'em so much with OpenBSD on 'em I ended up buying a bunch for OOB connection
to servers. . .
Sean
I also have started to use these for my main point for OOB
connections to boxes. For low power backup boxes with more
expansion options, I have been surprised by The Atom boards.
And I am looking forward to the new AMD low power options.
Victor
