[9fans] Intel atom system

2011-09-11 Thread erik quanstrom
> I got the hardware (Supermicro X7SPA-H-D525, 4G RAM, 40G SATAII OCZ-2 > SSD) and after a little poking at the etherdrivers, its up and > running. I had to copy over some stuff from 9atom. Now I'm looking to > get an old WiFi USB stick working. I haven't tried it yet, so it could > just work. Time

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-09-08 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Sep 8 05:04:56 EDT 2011, steve.ruckdas...@gmail.com wrote: > I got the hardware (Supermicro X7SPA-H-D525, 4G RAM, 40G SATAII OCZ-2 > SSD) and after a little poking at the etherdrivers, its up and > running. I had to copy over some stuff from 9atom. Now I'm looking to > get an old WiFi USB s

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-09-08 Thread Ruckdashel
I got the hardware (Supermicro X7SPA-H-D525, 4G RAM, 40G SATAII OCZ-2 SSD) and after a little poking at the etherdrivers, its up and running. I had to copy over some stuff from 9atom. Now I'm looking to get an old WiFi USB stick working. I haven't tried it yet, so it could just work. Time to start

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-09-06 Thread Jack Norton
> Hi, I have a few of these little boards (D510MO). I read both on Eric's site and this list that someone had these working, but I am having issues. I've tried the lab's 9pcf, 9pccd, and 9pcf/9pccd from Eric's ftp server (I had assumed they were from 9atom... maybe that was a bad assumptio

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-31 Thread Pavel Klinkovsky
> Without me having to try a zillion different kernel/bootloader > combinations, would the people who use the D510MO sound off what > kernel/loader they are using?  I'd be much obliged. I am using Erik's 9atom on my D510MO without troubles. Content of kmesg: Plan 9 E820: 0008f000 memory

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-26 Thread Jack Norton
John Floren wrote: On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Ruckdashel wrote: i'm looking at building a system to get my plan9 tinkering out of VMs. I'm looking at using a zotac Ionitx-t-u mobo with a sata ssd. I'm curious if any one has tried this mobo. I'm trying to avoid having another linux box lyi

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-15 Thread Ruckdashel
Think I'm going with the D525 supermicro mobo then. I looked at the AMD Fusion boards before, but the benchmarks show some issues with them. Also I haven't seen any that aren't UEFI boards, so i'm thinking there's no point to trying them. The sata ssd is because I'm potentially running off batterie

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-13 Thread erik quanstrom
> http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/detail_overview.aspx?ID=en-us404 maybe. i'd prefer to see an ich9 southbridge. - erik

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-13 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 12/08/2011 14:37, erik quanstrom wrote: i think you can do better for less with this: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA-H-D525.cfm it has better ethernet (intel 82574) and sm's mp tables are known good enough for us. here's the slightly slower version that i hav

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-12 Thread erik quanstrom
> We tried a Zotac IONITX-G-E board here but found that it didn't work > with Plan 9... I don't remember what the problem was, probably either > the ethernet or the SATA controller (the usual suspects). both of those should work, i would think you'd have trouble with the crappy mp mappings, etc.

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-12 Thread John Floren
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Ruckdashel wrote: > i'm looking at building a system to get my plan9 tinkering out of VMs. > I'm looking at using a zotac Ionitx-t-u mobo with a sata ssd. I'm > curious if any one has tried this mobo. I'm trying to avoid having > another linux box lying around. > >

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-12 Thread erik quanstrom
On Fri Aug 12 04:53:43 EDT 2011, steve.ruckdas...@gmail.com wrote: > i'm looking at building a system to get my plan9 tinkering out of VMs. > I'm looking at using a zotac Ionitx-t-u mobo with a sata ssd. I'm > curious if any one has tried this mobo. I'm trying to avoid having > another linux box ly

Re: [9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-12 Thread Bernd Maier
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:42:01 +0200 Ruckdashel wrote: >i'm looking at building a system to get my plan9 tinkering out of >VMs. >I'm looking at using a zotac Ionitx-t-u mobo with a sata ssd. I'm >curious if any one has tried this mobo. I'm trying to avoid having >another linux box lying around.

[9fans] Intel atom system

2011-08-12 Thread Ruckdashel
i'm looking at building a system to get my plan9 tinkering out of VMs. I'm looking at using a zotac Ionitx-t-u mobo with a sata ssd. I'm curious if any one has tried this mobo. I'm trying to avoid having another linux box lying around.