* Richard Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070312 13:06]: > Guess I'll just have to buy some hardware and be a testing monkey then :-) > > At the moment at work we have a Via PD10000, which we use for a bunch of > quite mission-critical things. We can reboot it as often as we like, but > at the moment, doing so is a PITA because it takes so long. Hmm. > Wouldn't it be nice if I could boot LinuxBIOS on it...
Can you please send an lspci -vv to this list? > So here I am, bidding on another one on eBay, so that we can have a > spare in case our mission-crit one dies. But it would be a shame for the > spare to sit around doing nothing... Heh.. given that it works (depends on the lspci), you might put it into the LinuxBIOS test system: http://www.linuxbios.org/Distributed_and_Automated_Testsystem We started the system last year, but only a single board has been put to test since then. > Its worth saying at this point that I don't want to divert anyone coding > actually /useful/ things, so if I have to wait around for someone to > have a spare moment to give me a hand, thats fine. Just send your questions to the list. There's almost always something who might answer them. > I'm happy to go get a chip puller, some spare bios chips, a chip > programmer, etc. Just tell me where to get the right ones. I bought this programmer, and I think it is a really good deal: http://www.progshop.com/shop/programmer/galep/galep4.shtml it burns about everything, requires a non-usb parport though for the beginning you might get away cheaper with a bios savior (if you still get one) or with hotswapping the chips. > So, my question is this: Shall I go and get a POST card, a chip flasher > and some spare lumps of silicon, or should I not bother? POST card is not required. Better get a serial null modem cable. That's a lot more convenient for debugging. -- coresystems GmbH • Brahmsstr. 16 • D-79104 Freiburg i. Br. Tel.: +49 761 7668825 • Fax: +49 761 7664613 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • http://www.coresystems.de/ -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
