LinuxBIOS....on desktop PCs?

Hendricks David W. dwh at lanl.gov
Tue Feb 10 16:15:01 CET 2004


That's a KT266 mainboard, which might be familiar with the Chaintech 
mainboard recently added. You might want to check out the details and see 
how similar they are.

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 bjm_ at bellsouth.net wrote:

> Well...I'm running on an Athlon, yes...2GHz infact.  Mainboard is a Shuttle Ak32a, not sure how big the ROM is, how big does it have to be to have LinuxBIOS?  
> 
> Oh I just wanted to try out LinuxBIOS because I heard it has fast boot times...and it's linux so it has to work ;)
> 
> -Brad
> 
> > 
> > From: "Hendricks David W." <dwh at lanl.gov>
> > Date: 2004/02/09 Mon PM 05:05:46 EST
> > To: bjm_ at bellsouth.net
> > CC: linuxbios at clustermatic.org
> > Subject: Re: LinuxBIOS....on desktop PCs?
> > 
> > Yes, depending on which mainboard you're running. And with the recent 
> > revelations in VGA support (It works :)), I think LinuxBIOS is well 
> > underway for use in the desktop market.
> > 
> > Did you have anything specific in mind? If you're looking for a mainboard, 
> > check out the Epia or perhaps the Chaintech 7KJD if you're looking for an  
> > Athlon platform. 
> > 
> > On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 bjm_ at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > 
> > > Is it possible to have LinuxBIOS on desktop PCs?  Was wondering...if so, I'd like to use it :)
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Linuxbios mailing list
> > > Linuxbios at clustermatic.org
> > > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 




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