Re: Via EPIA boards

2006-04-19 Thread Sebastian Benoit
Matt Rowley([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 2006.04.18 08:11:17 +: > > serious question: can one get systems of this class with 'features' like > > ECC memory? > > Not 100% sure, but I do not think so. There's no mention of ECC memory > support on VIA's webpages dedicated to the EPIA line. Also, the me

Re: Via EPIA boards

2006-04-19 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Timo Schoeler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [18/04/06 08:33]: : hm. somehow missing ECC et al. keeps me from deploying such systems on : a regular basis... even when they're 'only' x86. The systems, as much as I love 'em, are missing a few crucial 'features': 1) Proper RAID support 2) 3+ NIC sup

Re: Via EPIA boards

2006-04-18 Thread Olivier Cherrier
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 02:12:03PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My home firewall is running on a PD1. Similar to the M1, except with > two NICs. NICs are supported. I don't think Xorg supports the VIA graphics > chip, but doesn't matter to me. Both the old X11 and new Xorg work gre

Re: Via EPIA boards

2006-04-18 Thread Timo Schoeler
Thus Matt Rowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:11:17 -0400: > > serious question: can one get systems of this class with 'features' > > like ECC memory? > > Not 100% sure, but I do not think so. There's no mention of ECC > memory support on VIA's webpages dedicated to the EPIA

Re: Via EPIA boards

2006-04-18 Thread Matt Rowley
> serious question: can one get systems of this class with 'features' like > ECC memory? Not 100% sure, but I do not think so. There's no mention of ECC memory support on VIA's webpages dedicated to the EPIA line. Also, the memory selector tool on crucial.com lists non-ecc memory only. --Matt

Re: Via EPIA boards

2006-04-17 Thread Timo Schoeler
thus Matt Rowley spake: 1. How well supported are the C3 boards such as the M1? My home firewall is running on a PD1. Similar to the M1, except with two NICs. NICs are supported. I don't think Xorg supports the VIA graphics chip, but doesn't matter to me. http://www.logicsupply.c

Re: Via EPIA boards

2006-04-17 Thread Matt Rowley
> 1. How well supported are the C3 boards such as the M1? My home firewall is running on a PD1. Similar to the M1, except with two NICs. NICs are supported. I don't think Xorg supports the VIA graphics chip, but doesn't matter to me. http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath

Via EPIA boards

2006-04-16 Thread Steve B
The memory controller on my P2B appears to have gone bad, so I'm looking to replace it. I've seen a number of posts on various OBSD related sites about these Via EPIA boards and their various benefits - low power, hardware crypto, etc. They look like a nice replacement for my old boa