Re: filo on Tyan s2880

[YhLu]

So need one customerization Installation image to execute the sh to install
conf file. Also the kernel in the installation image should support X server
without VGA init.

YH.

-----邮件原件-----
发件人: SONE Takeshi [mailto:[e-mail]] 
发送时间: 2003年10月30日 22:21
收件人: YhLu
抄送: Stefan Reinauer; [e-mail]
主题: Re: filo on Tyan s2880

On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 10:25:07AM -0800, YhLu wrote:
> So if the user installed the Linux Distribution to HD in normal BIOS and
> after that he flash the ROM to LinuxBIOS with FIFO and the system call

work
> without any problem.

If the user writes the FILO configuration file.

It will be possible that FILO loads the configuration file from
distribution CD and boot from the CD almost automatically,
and the distribution installer creates the FILO configuration file
on the hard disk, so the machine will boot from hard disk next time.
(the default location of the config file can be saved in CMOS)
So the LinuxBIOS pre-installed workstation will be possible.

filo on Tyan s2880

[Takeshi Sone]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 10:07:28AM -0800, YhLu wrote:
> So need one customerization Installation image to execute the sh to install
> conf file. Also the kernel in the installation image should support X server
> without VGA init.

X works at least on EPIA using VGABIOS support of LinuxBIOS(v1).

filo on Tyan s2880

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Takeshi Sone  [031031 19:38]:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 10:07:28AM -0800, YhLu wrote:
> > So need one customerization Installation image to execute the sh to install
> > conf file. Also the kernel in the installation image should support X server
> > without VGA init.
>
> X works at least on EPIA using VGABIOS support of LinuxBIOS(v1).

On the Tyan S2880 with onboard Rage XL it works using the kernel
framebuffer driver with SGIs nobios patch (partly integrated in 2.6)
I'll try to write it down when I got the other things done.

Stefan