Some small networked box with FreeBSD support?

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Philip Mullis at 2009-09-13 11:11...
> Have you looked at the alix pcengines boards? there amd geode based and you can get 3 port versions for around 110usd perhaps easier to get in your region than soekris. 

These look pretty cool - and cheap.

I've been mucking around with some ancient PC104 SBCs, planning to get
some sort of Flash FreeBSD installation so I can hook it into a GPS
module and use it as a Stratum 1 NTP server.

Might be a lot easier to use one of these instead - and as I need to
track down a load of extra (and old fashioned) RAM, may not cost more
either.

Don't suppose anyone has a suitable disc image that will fit on a 4Gb CF
card?  (Part of the reason I haven't got very far with this is the fact
that getting FreeBSD to install in 4Gb seems more fiddly than I have the
time for.)

What I really like about these Alix boards is that the regulator will
take up to 16V (absolute maximum) - ideal for 13.8V float charging a
lead acid battery.

Cheers

M

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