<html>
<head>
<style><!--
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Tahoma
}
--></style></head>
<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>
<div>I would like to test coreboot on my PC, as I trust opensource far more than proprietary and besides the official BIOS for my MB has a couple o infuriating bugs (*) <span style="font-size: 10pt; ">that drive me crazy. My MB is Gigabyte's <a href="http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=1951#sp">GA-8I945PL-G v1.x</a> and I am using the latest F8 BIOS. I could not find this model on the supported list, but I can see that </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">the chipsets (945PL/IHC7) are! Is it possible to support my MB and try out coreboot on it? Thanx in advance :)</span></div><div><br></div><div>(*) First, if I enable the onboard NIC PXE BIOS by checking "Enable boot from LAN" in BIOS settings, I can not enter the BIOS setup anymore - I have to clear the CMOS. <span style="font-size: 10pt; ">The second one is not considered a bug, but a feature : the BIOS creates an HPA on the HD and saves a copy of itself there to facilitate recovery just in case...</span></div> </div></body>
</html>