[LinuxBIOS] Via MB suggestion

[Richard Smith]

Hey all you via dudes:

I'm looking at using one of these small  ITX or mini-ITX boards for a
personal project.   And of course I want it to boot LinuxBIOS.

I'm going to need LCD output to a >= 800x600 screen and X allthough I
could probally make it work with the framebuffer as well.  I don't
need a lot of power just enough to run a pyQT3 python app play mp3's.

What some MB board names I should I start looking for?  There's loads
of options.

Which ones so far are known to boot?
Which ones are bios hacker friendly?  (Meaning it has a PLCC or DIP
flash rather than TSOP)

[Adam Talbot]

Hats off to the Via EPIA-MII.  Runs linux bios, has a PLCC bios.  Can 
support up to a Gb of DDR ram.  Has PCI/PCMCIA/CF expantion slots and is 
under $250.  And yes you can get it with the LVDS connectors for an LCD.
Just an idea.
-Adam Talbot

Richard Smith wrote:
> Hey all you via dudes:
>
> I'm looking at using one of these small  ITX or mini-ITX boards for a
> personal project.   And of course I want it to boot LinuxBIOS.
>
> I'm going to need LCD output to a >= 800x600 screen and X allthough I
> could probally make it work with the framebuffer as well.  I don't
> need a lot of power just enough to run a pyQT3 python app play mp3's.
>
> What some MB board names I should I start looking for?  There's loads
> of options.
>
> Which ones so far are known to boot?
> Which ones are bios hacker friendly?  (Meaning it has a PLCC or DIP
> flash rather than TSOP)

[Richard Smith]

On 12/4/05, Adam Talbot  wrote:
> Hats off to the Via EPIA-MII.  Runs linux bios, has a PLCC bios.  Can
> support up to a Gb of DDR ram.  Has PCI/PCMCIA/CF expantion slots and is
> under $250.  And yes you can get it with the LVDS connectors for an LCD.
> Just an idea.

I was hopeing for something I can get off of ebay for sub $100. 
800x600 will let me use a 12.1" display that you can find reasonably
cheap as well.

[Adam Talbot]

Look around on Ebay for the Geode systems.  Some of those will do nicely 
and have LCD and Linuxbios support.

Richard Smith wrote:
> On 12/4/05, Adam Talbot  wrote:
> > Hats off to the Via EPIA-MII.  Runs linux bios, has a PLCC bios.  Can
> > support up to a Gb of DDR ram.  Has PCI/PCMCIA/CF expantion slots and is
> > under $250.  And yes you can get it with the LVDS connectors for an LCD.
> > Just an idea.
>
> I was hopeing for something I can get off of ebay for sub $100. 
> 800x600 will let me use a 12.1" display that you can find reasonably
> cheap as well.