slightly OT hardware question

[Phil Eaton]

Says it's supported but no graphics.
http://www.fit-pc.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ:fitlet#Does_FreeBSD_run_on_fitlet.3F

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 3:53 PM, William A. Mahaffey III <wam at hiwaay.net>
wrote:

> On 05/25/16 11:33, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 10:51 am, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone onlist know of any small (RPi-ish), cheap boxen w/ 2 or more
>>> working RJ45 ports (100 Mbit is OK), FreeBSD or NetBSD compatible ? I
>>> would like to use them as a firewall & an asterisk box. I found Utilite,
>>> kinda pricey, also Banana-Pi R1 (5 ports, however apparently wired
>>> somewhat weirdly on the board, NetBSD networking doesn't work there last
>>> I looked). Anyone got a little beastie like this working ? TIA & have a
>>> good one.
>>>
>>> I was looking lately for smallish cheepish low power consumption computer
>> lately to have it as firewall/router (running pfsense). I ruled out for
>> myself raspberryPI, for two reasons: second ethernet adapter on it will be
>> USB, the CPU is too weak to run decent firewall/router with decent
>> throughput. I took a quick look at Banana PI (just to reconsider my choice
>> not that I've heard bout it from you), and I have the same reservations
>> about it.
>>
>> What I decided to go with is fitlet-i barebone (you will need to bay RAM
>> and mSATA drive for it, otionally their heatsink, which I definitely will
>> get for myself). This brings me in a ballpark of $300 as opposed to $40
>> for raspberry PI or banana PI barebone, but with fitlet-i I will have two
>> gige ports, and enough CPU power to have it handling decent traffic.
>> (Additional info: AMD SoC CPU, up to 8 GB RAM, made in Israel, or at least
>> by Israeli company; 5 years warranty, available on amazon, power
>> consumption up to 10 W).
>>
>> Just my $0.02
>>
>> Valeri
>>
>> PS I really would like to hear what others think, and if there is better
>> option than fitlet-i for gige WAN and LAN.
>>
>> --
>>>
>>>         William A. Mahaffey III
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>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Valeri Galtsev
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>> Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
>> Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
>> University of Chicago
>> Phone: 773-702-4247
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>
>
> OK, I'm on their site now, looks sweet. They only mention linux, FreeBSD
> and/or NetBSD compatible ?
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
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