netbsd : 6.1.4 : on lenovo m72e tiny : works well?

[Mayuresh Kathe]

hello,

i am new to netbsd, currently running 6.1.2 on my old
assembled desktop.

does anyone has any experience running netbsd 6.1.4 on
a lenovo m72e tiny machine?

would like to know if there are any issues like excessive
heating or anything else i should be aware of before going
ahead with the purchase.

thanks,

~mayuresh

[Mayuresh Kathe]

Post by Mayuresh Kathe
does anyone has any experience running netbsd 6.1.4 on
a lenovo m72e tiny machine?

I have experience of this machines running Windows 7 at the local
library and they are very nice and powerful but no experience with
Netbsd on them.
I assume the latest versions come with Windows 8. I'd personally be
very wary of anything that comes with Win 8. You might run into lack
of drivers, proprietary
hardware and what not.

thanks for responding.
the versions available out here (india) come with no operating system.
and they have a 3 year warranty on them, which is a major advantage.

is there any way to test hardware support without installing netbsd?
i could always convince the vendor to let me run a live cd or something!

~mayuresh

[Leonardo Taccari]

Hello Mayuresh,

Post by Mayuresh Kathe
is there any way to test hardware support without installing netbsd?
i could always convince the vendor to let me run a live cd or something!

If you have a spare USB memory stick I think you can easily use
sysinst on your machine and choose the proper sd* as disk (1GB should be
enough to do a complete NetBSD installation, with x* sets too).

I don't suggest to just try the CD-ROM iso because AFAIK INSTALL kernel
may contains fewer devices support compared to GENERIC one.
In this way you can also install x* installation sets and test X11 too
in the machine you would like to buy.


HTH,
Ciao,
L.

[Mayuresh Kathe]

Post by Leonardo Taccari
Hello Mayuresh,

Post by Mayuresh Kathe
is there any way to test hardware support without installing netbsd?
i could always convince the vendor to let me run a live cd or something!

If you have a spare USB memory stick I think you can easily use
sysinst on your machine and choose the proper sd* as disk (1GB should be
enough to do a complete NetBSD installation, with x* sets too).
I don't suggest to just try the CD-ROM iso because AFAIK INSTALL kernel
may contains fewer devices support compared to GENERIC one.
In this way you can also install x* installation sets and test X11 too
in the machine you would like to buy.

perfect, let me read up on sysinst and see how it goes. :)

thanks,

~mayuresh

[Leonardo Taccari]

Post by Mayuresh Kathe
perfect, let me read up on sysinst and see how it goes. :)

Ops, my mail was a bit confusing, just use the NetBSD 6.1.4 ISO on your
actual machine, install it on the USB memory stick, than configure
everything needed (booting from the USB) in order to be comfortable when
you will try it.


Sorry for the confusion, I hope that now everything is clearer and
simpler!
Ciao,
L.

[Martin Husemann]

Post by Leonardo Taccari
I don't suggest to just try the CD-ROM iso because AFAIK INSTALL kernel
may contains fewer devices support compared to GENERIC one.

The CD image uses the GENERIC kernel, so there is no difference in supported
hardware.

Martin

[Ottavio Caruso]

Post by Mayuresh Kathe
does anyone has any experience running netbsd 6.1.4 on
a lenovo m72e tiny machine?

I have experience of this machines running Windows 7 at the local
library and they are very nice and powerful but no experience with
Netbsd on them.

I assume the latest versions come with Windows 8. I'd personally be
very wary of anything that comes with Win 8. You might run into lack
of drivers, proprietary
hardware and what not.