[LinuxBIOS] Via MB suggestion

Adam Talbot talbotx at comcast.net
Mon Dec 5 01:34:14 CET 2005


Hats off to the Via EPIA-MII.  Runs linux bios, has a PLCC bios.  Can 
support up to a Gb of DDR ram.  Has PCI/PCMCIA/CF expantion slots and is 
under $250.  And yes you can get it with the LVDS connectors for an LCD.
Just an idea.
-Adam Talbot


Richard Smith wrote:

>Hey all you via dudes:
>
>I'm looking at using one of these small  ITX or mini-ITX boards for a
>personal project.   And of course I want it to boot LinuxBIOS.
>
>I'm going to need LCD output to a >= 800x600 screen and X allthough I
>could probally make it work with the framebuffer as well.  I don't
>need a lot of power just enough to run a pyQT3 python app play mp3's.
>
>What some MB board names I should I start looking for?  There's loads
>of options.
>
>Which ones so far are known to boot?
>Which ones are bios hacker friendly?  (Meaning it has a PLCC or DIP
>flash rather than TSOP)
>
>--
>Richard A. Smith
>  
>





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