[plug] Think client hardware - was server failing with bizarre disk errors

[Craig Ringer]

>> For business /servers/ . Think thin client.
> 
> That was my first thought when I saw it, perfect for a think client 
> because it comes with a built-in boot ROM.
> Mobo size is only 17cm * 17cm and although the boss intially liked the 
> idea his main concern was how long VIA would be supporting the board - 
> RAM is the only thing no built into/onto it and there's a single DDR 
> slot for that.


Not a serious issue. 256MB of DDR is about $70 now, which is just silly. 
64MB is huge overkill for an X11 thin client, so 256 should be plenty 
for /many/ years to come.

What's the chipset on the board? so long as you can compile a kernel 
that'll boot it far enough to load XFree86 over NFS, that's all you need.