On 5/27/2019 10:03 AM, Michael Neumann wrote:
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:44:38PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
I'm planning to get several small computers so that I can test my software on
several OSes. One will compile binaries for Windows; the others will run
OpenBSD, NetBSD, probably FreeBSD, and maybe DragonFly (I already have a
DragonFly box, but it's slow compared to my laptop). I'm looking at these:
https://www.newegg.com/Barebone-Mini-Computers/Category/ID-3
How can I make sure that all the hardware works on all the BSDs?
If you want small boxes, take a look at LattePanda Alpha's from DFRobot.
The old LattePanda's (V1) are very similar to Intel NUC and you get the
entry model for 90$ (2GB RAM/32GB Flash). The Alpha's are much more
powerful than V1 but also much more expensive (~400$). The LattePanda's
have pretty standard Intel hardware, graphics, network and wireless
should work out of the box.
You can also take a look at UDOO x86 and Up Board which are both very
similar to LattePanda.
Also pretty cheap are HP's MicroServers. I have two of them (N54L).
I'll avoid HP microservers.
I have one (gen8) and, for example, won't boot from the USB3 ports.
Also refuses to boot with one USB2 and one USB3 stick int the USB2 ports.
I run FreeNAS on mine.
They seem a bit "special". I won't buy anymore of these, cheap or not.
I agree with the other commenters that Virtualization might be the
better approach unless you need to run your software on real hardware.
Regards,
Michael
The reason I say "probably FreeBSD" is that another computer I'm going to get
is a Power9 box from Raptor for big-endian testing. I know of two OSes that
are big-endian on Power9: Adélie Linux and FreeBSD. However, while it is Tier
1 on Adélie, it is Tier 2 on FreeBSD. So I may or may not set it up as dual-
boot.
Pierre
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