[LinuxBIOS] Status VIA Epia M1000

["Jørgen P. Tjernø"]

Hi!

I've got an Epia M1000 that I use as a mediamachine (HTPC?), and I 
recently learnt of LinuxBIOS. Therefore, I was curious wether or not 
using LinuxBIOS would be to my advantage, e.g. to reduce boot-times. I 
see the main LinuxBIOS lists HTPC under example uses. :-)

So, I'm curious. Would you recommend me trying out LinuxBIOS on the 
machine? What advantages would it give me?
Also, does LinuxBIOS v2 (or the unfinished v3) support Epia M1000 
properly? On the "Supported Motherboards" page for LinuxBIOS v2, it says 
"Motherboard mostly works, but some issues remain." on Epia-M. Is this 
correct? Are there any places which list the issues that I can expect?

I should probably also mention that it boots Linux (Ubuntu) over the 
network, currently using PXE for the linux image, and NFS for the root fs.

Thanks in advance.

Kindest regards, Jørgen P. Tjernø.

[Stefan Reinauer]

* "Jørgen P. Tjernø"  [070312 03:35]:
> Also, does LinuxBIOS v2 (or the unfinished v3) support Epia M1000 
> properly? On the "Supported Motherboards" page for LinuxBIOS v2, it says 
> "Motherboard mostly works, but some issues remain." on Epia-M. Is this 
> correct? Are there any places which list the issues that I can expect?

Booting from the builtin CF slot of some Epias would confuse Linux and
it would not load the root filesystem from that CF card.

Plus, the Epia-m port in the tree should be duplicated to Epia-MII to
reflect the differences between the boards. Firewire might be disabled
when your board comes up with LinuxBIOS.

We're looking for any feedback..