[coreboot] Unsupported MB?

[Corey Osgood]

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Aaron P <viautbellum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Corey:
> CPU-Z is one of the tools I've already used, but unfortunately it's only
> giving me the southbridge.
>
> Greg:
> Not for the next several days, but by that point I can just make a FreeBSD
> CD. I realize at this point I may just have to wait.

How about a USB flash drive? Is unetbootin an option?

-Corey

>
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Corey Osgood <corey.osgood at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Aaron P <viautbellum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Unfortunately, I'm on Windows, so I can't really really use the tools
>> > listed
>> > there. If necessary, for instance to rebuild coreboot, I have Debian and
>> > FreeBSD on a VM, but obviously they can't access information about my
>> > system. Most of the information is info I already inadvertently gathered
>> > looking for my motherboard model and updating the BIOS.
>> >
>> > I've done a bit more digging, but I'm having trouble finding the
>> > northbridge.
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Aaron P <viautbellum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > I've noticed that there are no AOpen motherboards on the list. Is
>> >> > there
>> >> > any
>> >> > possibility of getting coreboot (and SeaBIOS) working on my old
>> >> > AX4BS-V?
>> >> > I'd
>> >> > like to be able to boot the FreeBSD installer via USB, but my BIOS
>> >> > doesn't
>> >> > support booting from it.
>> >> >
>> >> > vendor: AOpen
>> >> > model: AX4BS-V
>> >> >
>> >> > From CPU-Z:
>> >> > CPU: Pentium 4
>> >> > Southbridge: Intel 82801BA (ICH2)
>> >> > LPCIO: Winbond W83627HF
>> >> >
>> >> > from EZWinFlash:
>> >> > Flash Type: SST 49LF002A /3.3V
>> >> >
>> >> >
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>> >>
>> >> Hello!
>> >> An admirable goal. However to help you better, (much better even)
>> >> we'll need the information provided on the Wiki regarding your target.
>> >> That information is found here http://www.coreboot.org/Support and
>> >> most of what we need to know you've already provided.
>> >> -----
>> >> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
>> >> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>>
>> CPU-Z (google it) should tell you what the northbridge is, that's the
>> most important bit at this point.
>>
>> -Corey
>
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