Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-28 Thread hiro
there are some cases on ebay where the front fell off, they are extremely compatible, just like all power supplies, 9front has very decent low-to-medium quality software-side support for all power supplies. On 4/28/21, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) wrote: > Steve Simon writes: > >> until last

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-28 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
Steve Simon writes: > until last year I still had a dual Atom machine which worked nicely but > is a propper desktop machine even though its a mini ITX. I have at least a half dozen mini-ITX boards lying around that I can fall back on. The problem is I seem to have lost most of the cases and/or

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-28 Thread Steve Simon
I am running a PI4 as my file/auth/cpu server. I planned to use an external ssd on a usb3 but this has stalled as I cannot get the 9front xhci driver to work in richard's kernel. It is probably not a big issue, and works fine (abet slowly) over USB2. until last year I still had a dual Atom

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-27 Thread kokamoto
>>> Pretty much everything supports BIOS mapping from USB->PS/2. >> >> On my machine, only keyboard can use. > > Correction. > I put devkbin.c from 386 kernel to /sys/src/9k/k10 with minor > change, and compiled 9k10f again. > > Yes, USB mouse/keybord works for amd64 kernel now. And now, I

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-27 Thread kokamoto
>> Pretty much everything supports BIOS mapping from USB->PS/2. > > On my machine, only keyboard can use. Correction. I put devkbin.c from 386 kernel to /sys/src/9k/k10 with minor change, and compiled 9k10f again. Yes, USB mouse/keybord works for amd64 kernel now. Kenji

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-27 Thread kokamoto
> for example, Go1.16.3 and cmd/ga by /amd64/bin/6l. cmd/gs by /amd64/bin/6l Sorry Kenji -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T055ff8c5321ac6a2-M2e20e2a693355ebef705c287 Delivery options:

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-27 Thread kokamoto
> 1) 9legacy on amd64 is unable to use more than 4Gb of memory (and > possibly has other issues?) True. for example, Go1.16.3 and cmd/ga by /amd64/bin/6l. Somewhat strange/different vihaviour from 386' kernel for example vesa☺ > 2) fossil+venti on amd64 seems to be largely untested and bugs are >

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-27 Thread Sigrid Solveig Haflínudóttir
>From the information floating around, short summary of my understanding (hopefully I'm not wrong): 1) 9legacy on amd64 is unable to use more than 4Gb of memory (and possibly has other issues?) 2) fossil+venti on amd64 seems to be largely untested and bugs are being discovered and fixed:

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-26 Thread ori
Quoth Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) : > Time to build out some proper infrastructure at home, and the > first order of business is the file+auth server. I don't need > screaming fast performance, just something basic, and I have been > looking at some of the current crop of small form factor

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-26 Thread kokamoto
> Pretty much everything supports BIOS mapping from USB->PS/2. On my machine, only keyboard can use. Kenji -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T055ff8c5321ac6a2-M1762faa63bcd83e73e6c2009 Delivery options:

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-26 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
kokam...@hera.eonet.ne.jp writes: > For the usb issue, amd64(9legacy) does not support usb mouse/keyboard, > only ps2 keyboard/mouse. Is there any such machine having PS/2 > interface around? Pretty much everything supports BIOS mapping from USB->PS/2. This is one of the many reasons I was

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-26 Thread kokamoto
I'm using 9legacy file/auth/cpu server of 3rd ed. core-i5-3470S (2.9GHz) machine with two 2.5 inch disks, one for fossil, another for venti. > * amd64 arch. I wonder amd64 architecture on 9legacy is sufficient to full use... If you use 9front, amd64 is much better than 386, I think. > * >=

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-26 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
hiro writes: > sure you want just one sata disk for a fileserver? or is the worm all on bl= > uray? One disk is fine for now. The blu-ray is for backing up the arenas, and yes, I'll deal with the xhci driver issues myself. (I can use slower USB ports until I get that part running.) --lyndon

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-26 Thread hiro
btw, here are the exact models we tested: http://fqa.9front.org/fqa3.html#3.2 at subheader 3.2.6.4.1 - ThinkCentre On 4/26/21, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > sure you want just one sata disk for a fileserver? or is the worm all on > bluray? > > the thinkcentre on my desk here has exactly one

Re: [9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-26 Thread hiro
sure you want just one sata disk for a fileserver? or is the worm all on bluray? the thinkcentre on my desk here has exactly one nvme and one 2,5" slot for sata inside. i'm not sure it has usb2, but we have xhci support in 9front anyway so that should cover it... i think you can chose between

[9fans] SFF 9legacy fileserver hardware

2021-04-26 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
Time to build out some proper infrastructure at home, and the first order of business is the file+auth server. I don't need screaming fast performance, just something basic, and I have been looking at some of the current crop of small form factor desktops, along the lines of the Intel NUC. (But