Re: Looking for suggestions for small, low power machine

[Rui-Xiang Guo <rxg%lavabit.com@localhost>]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 04:01:27PM -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone has tried one of these:
> 
> http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjrmx/index.html
> 
> (The JRMX model).
> 
> Or if not, maybe something similar.
> 
> I'm looking for a small, low power machine to run NetBSD/i386 (or
> amd64 if there is a suitable machine) to be a DHCP server, netboot
> server for a few diskless machines (performance doesn't matter), and
> maybe a few other minor things. It doesn't need wifi, but it wouldn't
> hurt to have it.

http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/spearhead/pico-itx/

I think this is small enough. It has the hand-held size but i386 only.
Not yet tested it actually but there is a demo with Linux.

-rxg