Greetings, I've used the 7308ET successfully with LinuxBIOS and Doc. The only catch is that I needed to update the sis900 ethernet driver. Let me know if you need that. I'm out of the office now, but I can send it when I return later this week. Perhaps a new flash part is the problem?
G'day, sjames Quoting Mikael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > I saw this project for some time ago and got very interested so I > ordered a > matsonic 7308E motherboard. Although when it arrived I noticed that they > had > sent me one of the newer boards, a MS-7308ET. Will it work with > LinuxBIOS ? > > As far as I can see they only (physical) differences is that there is > one > more PCI slot, and one less RS232 serial port onboard + more memory > slots. > > Anyway, I have followed the instructions in the HOWTO/SiS630 file and > compiled > LinuxBios, but after I run the "flash_on" command and I try to reflash > the > bios > with the "/util/sis/flash_rom" utility it gives me the error: > > "2f is 0xfd" > "EEPROM not found" > > I'm I doing something wrong here? > I want to put the LinuxBIOS in one of those "IOSS D1-2M Bios Saver", > just in > case > something should go wrong I can always boot up using the orginal bios. > > > I have also one other question, can I use a Riva TNT-1 video card with > XFree-4.x.x > and drivers from NVIDIA under LinuxBIOS? > > If not, what PCI card will work and that has TV-output support and > performance > to play DVD movies? > > I was thinking about doing some sort of fast booting (embedded) DVD/MP3 > playing > computer thats able to play DVD movies on the TV. > > Thanks, > Mikael > ----------------------------steven james, director of research, linux labs LinuxBIOS Cluster Solutions 230 peachtree st nw ste 2705 High-Speed Colocation, Hosting, atlanta.ga.us 30303 Linux Hardware, Development & Support http://www.linuxlabs.com * Visit us at SuperComputing 2002, Booth 1441 * office/fax 404.577.7747/3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
