Re: [9fans] Minimalist cpu hardware (was: 9grid)

2008-11-12 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Steve Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An Intel Atom D945GCLF mini ITX was reccomended to me, I believe it is all supported by plan9 and draws very little power. I was going to use one to replace a large noise server I have at home. They also have a new dual

Re: [9fans] Minimalist cpu hardware (was: 9grid)

2008-11-12 Thread John Barham
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Steve Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An Intel Atom D945GCLF mini ITX was reccomended to me, I believe it is all supported by plan9 and draws very little power. I was going to use one to replace a large noise server I have at home. Nice, but I'm envisioning

Re: [9fans] Minimalist cpu hardware (was: 9grid)

2008-11-12 Thread Steve Simon
An Intel Atom D945GCLF mini ITX was reccomended to me, I believe it is all supported by plan9 and draws very little power. I was going to use one to replace a large noise server I have at home. They also have a new dual core version though I think it has less useful I/O for my needs.

[9fans] Minimalist cpu hardware (was: 9grid)

2008-11-11 Thread John Barham
I've been wondering about the minimal h/w you'd need for a cpu server and whether it exists in a compact blade-like form. Conceivably all a plan 9 cpu server needs is cpu, ram, pxe ethernet and all the gunk necessary to get it to boot, i.e., no video, no i/o ports, no disk controllers etc. that