I don't think anyone's done an nForce2 port for LinuxBIOS. The nForce4 on the other hand might be different, you would have to ask Dr. Lu @ Tyan about that.
And Ron might have just made bootup time <= 8 seconds for K8s. I'm dying to try this stuff out on my nForce3 :) On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 00:52:55 -0800 (PST) Kory Herzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am working on my senior project in college, and have run into a > slight issue with how long it takes for my BIOS to POST. I would like > LinuxBIOS to boot my system into a minimal Linux kernel in as little > amount of time as necessary, and then have that kernel boot into a > Linux system I've already built and configured on the hard drive. From > doing some research on your project I've found that this goes by the > catchy name of LOBOS :-) From the kernel that the LinuxBIOS will boot, > I don't need network, sound, or video support. I'd like to leave it up > to the existing Linux installation on my hard drive to bring up these > devices for me. Here's the specs on the board I am using: > > Northbridge: NForce2 Crush 18G IGP chipset > Southbridge: MCP chipset / High-speed interface to the MCP > OnBoard GFX: NVidia GeForce4 MX > > The board has support for TV composite signal-out which I will be > using once the system is up and running, but since nVidia doesn't > release specs or source for their hardware, I obviously can't use it > during the BIOS phase. So I guess the real questions are: > > 1) Is it possible to build a LinuxBIOS that will run on my system? > 2) If so, since the support for network, sound, and audio devices will > not be present in the BIOS, can I still bring them up in my Linux > kernel using the proprietary drivers distributed by nVidia? 3) If the > above two scenarios are possible, could I throw my linux system > currently on the hard drive into a NVRAM device and boot it from there > to further reduce boot time? > > I appreciate your help with this. If you are interested in my senior > project, there is information on my project website: > www.novagameconsole.com > > Anything you can offer is greatly appreciated! Thanks! > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
