[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)

--
Richard A. Smith

[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 A. Smith

[Richard Smith]

On 12/4/05, Adam Talbot <talbotx(a)comcast.net> 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.

--
Richard A. Smith

[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 <talbotx(a)comcast.net>
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.

--
Richard A. Smith