Re: [LinuxBIOS] From slashdot - a company possibly using linuxbios.

[Robert Vogel]

Well...yes there is a reason the GA-M57SLI doesn't really work for me. To 
see why take a look at Ward's tutorial at
http://linuxbios.org/GIGABYTE_GA-M57SLI-S4_Build_Tutorial

The obstacles are obvious from the tutorial.

If somebody could make these modifications and ship me a working board, I 
could reimburse them for their trouble.

Anyone like to quote me a price for this service ?

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Corey Osgood" 
To: "Robert Vogel" 
Cc: "ron minnich" ; "LinuxBIOS mailinglist" 
; "Janek Kozicki" 
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] From slashdot - a company possibly using linuxbios.
> Robert Vogel wrote:
> > I'm catching up on my reading, so there has been some delay since the 
> > last
> > post to this thread.
> >
> > One of the reasons why the LinuxBios project seems so large is that it
> > attempts to satisfy the requirements of many different mother boards. 
> > Yet,
> > it has not come up with a machine that is easily available. I don't see
> > anything close to a desktop machine for the consumer yet.
>
> Gigabyte GA-M57SLI??? Is there some reason it doesn't fit your 
> requirements?
>
> -Corey
> > Is there a good reason why a single, perhaps custom, motherboard running
> > LinuxBios would not be sufficient for, say, most desktop users ?
> > The chipset could be selected so that there are no hiding places. If the
> > Bios itself is socketed and replaceable, why should it not be a device 
> > that
> > could be instantly on ?
> >
> > Ideally, an independent organization such as the FSF might certify a 
> > machine
> > that is completely open...and therefore trustworthy. It wouldn't need to 
> > be
> > backwards compatible with DOS nor would it run windows. It could skip
> > cutting-edge graphics so that there should be no NDAs. Is that possible ?
> >
> > Thoughts ?