Re: netbooks and sdhci

[Saifi Khan]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, David Horwitt wrote:

 
 So my question is: does anybody know _for sure_ of a hard-disk netbook with a
 media reader that uses the sdhci interface
 and is supported by FBSD 7.2 (supported = wireless,X,USB). $USD300 (like the
 AA1-D250) is the desired price point, but
 up to about $USD400 is OK (as is FBSD 8.0, if the hardware is right). If you
 have any pointers, please
 include the sub-model information, because if it's anything like the Asus, the
 hardware varies all over the place, and
 'Aspire One' means less than 'D250' or 'AO150'.
 
 Thank you,
 David
 

Acer Aspire One D150. note 'Acer' ! is what i'd recommend.

This is a hard-disk netbook.

Here are the complete hardware and installation details
http://www.twincling.org/node/451

The website
http://www.acer.com/aspireone/about.html

In India it costed me about INR 21,500 (or $430) in March 2009.
YMMV.


thanks
Saifi.

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Re: netbooks and sdhci

[James Phillips]

 
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 Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:17:10 -0700
 From: David Horwitt dbo...@aogsquid.ucsd.edu
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 I recently purchased an Asus Aspire One D250-1151, and
 am,overall, 
 pleased with it (running 7,2-RELEASE).
 The alc ethernet is not supported in 7.2 (the ath0 wireless
 is), and I 
 don't care about the video camera.
 
 The '5-in-1' media reader is, unfortunately for me, a USB
 device. (After 
 some detective work, I determined that
 it uses a Reaktek RTS5101 or RTS5111). For my purposes (low
 level SDHC 
 card access), I prefer hardware that is
 supported by the sdhci/mmc subsystem.

My initial assumption was that you are familiar with the specific type of 
device you are asking about. Then, I remembered I was tempted by the SD 
form-factor as well.

I think you are asking for trouble because SD cards support Content Protection 
for Recordable Media (CPRM). One of the features is 'key revocation' 
technology built into each card.

http://www.sdcard.org/developers/tech/

I also read that speed is hampered by the interface design because they wanted 
something they could patent, rather than just re-implementing SPI (Serial 
Peripheral Interface).

The SD card Association has a what would have been a promising floppy 
replacement without those two deliberate design flaws.

If you are aware of that and sill want a SDHC reader, I don't have any reason 
to stop you :)

Regards,

James Phillips

 So my question is: does anybody know _for sure_ of a
 hard-disk netbook 
 with a media reader that uses the sdhci interface
 and is supported by FBSD 7.2 (supported = wireless,X,USB).

SNIP!




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