On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 04:59:07PM +0200, jasse Jansson wrote: > > 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.
Sad to hear that. I only had the older model and they worked well. The HP's were the only boxes I found to build a compact x86 NAS. > 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 > > > -- > > > I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales. > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus >
