Nik Middleton wrote: > It really does seem to depend on the age of the board. > > As far as I can tell it's Southbridge related. Some, like yourself have > never had a problem, sadly the majority have. > Nik,
I don't know why you continue to have issues. I've NEVER had an issue with the VIA EPIA boards locking up UNLESS the power supply varied too much. I have numerous boards in place as firewalls with great uptime values. I currently am using an EPIA PD board as my asterisk box and firewall. No issues. Rock solid. Perhaps the distribution you're using is doing something funny. I've used CentOS (4.2 i386) and Slackware. I've used these things back from the original EPIA (the 800mhz). I have an EPIA V 10000 that runs my main mail and web server. I had over 200 days up time but had to reboot to add memory. I've used the CL, M, EM, PD boards as well. All just plain work. And yes, I do have DMA enabled. Specific to asterisk, as Darren mentioned, turn off all unused onboard components if you plan on using a TDM card. I have one box at a client that function as their voicemail system for their existing old PBX and my office's installation. I have a TDM400 card with one FXO module in the voicemail box and both an FXS and FXO module in the install in my office. We routinely use the cordless phone attached to the FXS module to make calls both over IP and out the FXO module. No issues. Darrick > The one quote the seems to stand out is 'never EVER use VIA with Linux'. For > me, I've tried numerous combos, like ASUS, Shuttle etc, the common theme is > the Via Chipset. > > Your mileage may vary of course > > Regards > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Grant > Sent: 09 May 2006 23:05 > To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] VIA EPIA board > > I have a VIA EPIA and it has never stopped. I think it is the MII but can't > remember now. It came with an onboard CF reader/ Cardbus slot. I removed it > as it was socketed and turned off all unused ports in the bios. I then use > an IDE to CF adaptor for booting it. Works a treat. > > > On 9/5/06 22:50, "Nik Middleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Been there, done that, if you can, send it back. >> >> Thing will lockup quite frequently. There's a 4 year! Thread about >> this card with Linux. >> >> -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
