Hi,
I picked up a couple of cheap Intel StorageStation NAS boxes to have a hack around with. It is a P266MMX with internal NIC and IDE.
The bios is pretty restrictive in what it will boot, so I'd like to try a linuxbios on the device. The chip details are below:
Chipset Intel 430TX NIC PCI Intel pro 100/10B (Albany?) Winbond W83877F IDE and RS232. BIOS is a 2Mbit Flash part.
There is no video on board.
I know 2Mbit is on the small side, so I'd like an absolutely minimal bios. I just require that the bios is capable of booting and OS from the harddisk. I'm hoping to use Linux, instead of the ancient BSD that it currently boots.
Does this sound feasible? If I leave out the NIC driver and network stack, I'll still be able to use the NIC once the OS has booted from disk, will I not? I can't see why not, but best to check with the people that know.
Is there already a config for a similar board that would be a good place to start?
Apologies if these are FAQs, but if someone can point me in the correct direction, I'll go away and learn.
Thank you for your time,
cheers, Dave _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
