I have a GMKtec G3 N100 mini pc which has been running 9front ok for the
past few months.
It is very cheap (I paid £63 delivered to the UK with 8GB RAM, 256GB
NVME installed), x86, quiet, virtualization capable and multicore.
It's not usb-c powered out the box but you can use a barrel jack to
usb-c adapter.
RAM is upgradeable to 32Gb. There is one 2280 NVME slot and one 2242
SATA slot.
Case is easy to get into and plastic so very lightweight. It's not the
absolute smallest of the Chinese mini pcs but smaller ones tend to have
non upgradeable RAM or SSD.
BIOS is ok. From memory I had to do a UEFI install of 9front and it
needs the files in the esp. I don't think traditional MBR/PBS booting is
supported.
The built-in ethernet adapter is an Intel 226v which 9front doesn't
support (yet?) but I use a Tecknet USB ethernet adapter which works
fine. Haven't tried wifi but I suspect would be a battle.
It is ok with 9front but won't boot 4e or 9legacy out of the box. Maybe
with some work and backports from 9front...
I haven't tried net booting it as the built-in ethernet adapter isn't
supported so you might need a small disk/usb stick with kernel and nvram
partition.
On 08/02/2025 01:22, ron minnich wrote:
I'm looking for something as defined in the subject. Has to run Plan 9
of course. No disk needed, will netboot.
refurb is fine. If anyone has gotten such a thing recently, please lmk.
I may just see if there's cheapo thinkpads that fill the bill, but I'd
prefer something tiny.
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