Hello mailinglist,
I'm currently in the process of finding some suitable hardware for a multimedia box. The box needs to be capable to output sound/video, but this should be no problem: Even if the mainboard does not have support for a/v, I'm sure that there are a lot of USB solutions out there which might do the trick. I want to have really fast boot up times (a few seconds), so I was looking into the linuxbios project. From reading the list of supported mainboards/devices, I see that finding the ~right~ hardware is not a trivial task.
Do you have any recommendations what kind of hardware I could use? And where would I get replacement BIOS chips for the hardware, just in case something goes wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Tilman Klar
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Tilman Klar wrote:
Hello mailinglist,
I’m currently in the process of finding some suitable hardware for a multimedia box. The box needs to be capable to output sound/video, but this should be no problem: Even if the mainboard does not have support for a/v, I’m sure that there are a lot of USB solutions out there which might do the trick. I want to have really fast boot up times (a few seconds), so I was looking into the linuxbios project. From reading the list of supported mainboards/devices, I see that finding the ~right~ hardware is not a trivial task.
Do you have any recommendations what kind of hardware I could use?
You didn't give many details, but take a look at some of these.
Corey has C7D+CN700+8237 support posted but not committed yet.
It's 99% there.
The mainboard in the Wal-mart/Everext PC is a VIA Mfg. NO: PC2500E: http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_platform/index.jsp
ClubIT Price: $59.99: http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4842001
or one of the other older VIA Epia boards: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id... http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id... http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id... http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id...
SiS761GX/SiS966 chipset and GIGABYTE GA-2761GXDK board now supported http://www.rssfeedbus.com/index.php?showtopic=1515 but still no Linux accelerated graphics driver. Anyone at SiS listening?
GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 AMD K8 NVIDIA MCP55 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?Produ...
ASUS A8V-E SE AMD K8 VIA K8T890 / VT8237R http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=143&l4=0&...
ASUS A8N-E AMD K8 NVIDIA CK804 http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=171&l4=0&...
And where would I get replacement BIOS chips for the hardware, just in case something goes wrong?
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bari -
Tilman Klar