810LMR LinuxBIOS setup

[ollie lho]

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 09:43, James Alton wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> I had previously written about which BIOS chip to use, I am wondering
> now if video and sound will work on the 810LR. I have examined the CVS
> code and it seems that it doesn't really do anything but set up irq
> tables for vid/snd, and I figure the linux kernel does the rest. I am
> pretty sure vid/snd will work but I am wondering if I am wrong in
> assuming that.

Yes, both video and sound works perfectly underl LinuxBIOS.

> Oh, and also, is there a way for LinuxBIOS to just have
> etherboot and have etherboot load the kernel over the network as it
> usually does? (Could I use the onboard 2megabit BIOS?)
> 

Yes, this is how Eric do for their cluster in lnxi.com.

Ollie