[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Can LinuxBIOS be used for a real BIOS chip rather than DOC? I have
> only 256K or BIOS memory, so I don't think I can fit the whole kernel
> into the cheip.
>
The ECS mainboard should be default to support 256KB flash which is too
small for LinuxBIOS. You should ask ECS about how to hack the mainboard
for supporting 512KB flash (not hard, just wired some lines).
> What I'd like to do is use linux bios to instead of the usual BIOS and
> boot quickly to LILO on hda. This should shave around 25 seconds off
> the boot time.
>
> I've had a hard time getting through the documentation to see if this
> is even possible. I've got a SiS630 motherboard. Ollie put a DOC
> with LinuxBIOS on the MB and it booted fine, so I'm pretty sure the
> basic boot process works, but I'm not sure about my specific use case.
>
You should be able to use the 512kB flash to boot the first kernel and then
use the kexec_elf from Eric. There is another issue: we do not use 512kB
flash setup for a long time since ALS. I think the current CVS code can not
support 512kB flash for SiS630 with some modification.
Ollie
