Hi, i've just found the LinuxBIOS project and waht it does. i'ts really nice. i was going to download it when i remebered to check if my MOBO was supported. guess what? it's not! i tried the link "Help me!" but it looks like the submit button link is broken, so here i am posting to the mailling list.
here's my lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev a2) 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2) 00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2) 00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2) 00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2) 00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a3) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3) 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1) 00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3) 00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2) 01:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11) 01:06.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11) 01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 01:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03) 01:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 03) 01:08.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
if you need something more... just mail to me or to the mailing list.
Keep up the good work, Carlos Silva