Re: [LinuxBIOS] Desktop with LinuxBios ?

[Robert Vogel]

A few months ago I read that LinuxBios could run on the GA-M57SLI-S4
motherboard.

There are some problems 
(http://linuxbios.org/GIGABYTE_GA-M57SLI-S4_Build_Tutorial) though. To
change the BIOS requires soldering a new socket onto the board and, even at
that, there is a possibility that the board could be ruined in the process.
I don't have the skills required to modify the board, so it is a 
modification that I need done by someone else. Would you recommend this
machine for desktop use ?

The LinuxBios Product page does not show a motherboard for a desktop 
machine.
Is there a desktop AMD 64 Linux machine with LinuxBios available from a good
commercial vendor ? If not, how far away is it ?

Thanks for any response,

Bob

[LinuxBIOS] Desktop with LinuxBios ?

[Quux]

hi Robert,

if you get a M57SLI for 84 € it is good bang for the buck. Otherwise 
there is only the ASUS A8N-E wich is out of stock but many people try to 
get rid of it at ebay around 30€ or so.

A8N successors ar still with the dealers, but we need info, which 
SuperIO chips asf. the other mobos from the A8N series have.
If they differ little then they can be made LB able quickly. greetinx Q--

Robert Vogel schrieb:
> A few months ago I read that LinuxBios could run on the GA-M57SLI-S4
> motherboard.
>
> There are some problems 
> (http://linuxbios.org/GIGABYTE_GA-M57SLI-S4_Build_Tutorial) though. To
> change the BIOS requires soldering a new socket onto the board and, 
> even at
> that, there is a possibility that the board could be ruined in the 
> process.
> I don't have the skills required to modify the board, so it is a 
> modification that I need done by someone else. Would you recommend this
> machine for desktop use ?
>
> The LinuxBios Product page does not show a motherboard for a desktop 
> machine.
> Is there a desktop AMD 64 Linux machine with LinuxBios available from 
> a good
> commercial vendor ? If not, how far away is it ?

[LinuxBIOS] Desktop with LinuxBios ?

[Uwe Hermann]

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 05:52:21PM +0200, Quux wrote:
> if you get a M57SLI for 84 € it is good bang for the buck. Otherwise 
> there is only the ASUS A8N-E wich is out of stock but many people try to 
> get rid of it at ebay around 30€ or so.

There's also the ASUS A8NE-FM/S (which I own), that mostly works fine.
I sent a patch a few weeks ago. There are some TODOs which need fixing,
but it boots Linux just fine already.

It can be had for 30-40 Euros on eBay, too.

HTH, Uwe.