[coreboot] Unsupported MB?

Aaron P viautbellum at gmail.com
Mon Jul 11 05:35:30 CEST 2011


Corey:
CPU-Z is one of the tools I've already used, but unfortunately it's only
giving me the southbridge.

Greg:
Not for the next several days, but by that point I can just make a FreeBSD
CD. I realize at this point I may just have to wait.

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Corey Osgood <corey.osgood at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Aaron P <viautbellum at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I'm on Windows, so I can't really really use the tools
> listed
> > there. If necessary, for instance to rebuild coreboot, I have Debian and
> > FreeBSD on a VM, but obviously they can't access information about my
> > system. Most of the information is info I already inadvertently gathered
> > looking for my motherboard model and updating the BIOS.
> >
> > I've done a bit more digging, but I'm having trouble finding the
> > northbridge.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Aaron P <viautbellum at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I've noticed that there are no AOpen motherboards on the list. Is
> there
> >> > any
> >> > possibility of getting coreboot (and SeaBIOS) working on my old
> AX4BS-V?
> >> > I'd
> >> > like to be able to boot the FreeBSD installer via USB, but my BIOS
> >> > doesn't
> >> > support booting from it.
> >> >
> >> > vendor: AOpen
> >> > model: AX4BS-V
> >> >
> >> > From CPU-Z:
> >> > CPU: Pentium 4
> >> > Southbridge: Intel 82801BA (ICH2)
> >> > LPCIO: Winbond W83627HF
> >> >
> >> > from EZWinFlash:
> >> > Flash Type: SST 49LF002A /3.3V
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
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> >> > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
> >> >
> >>
> >> Hello!
> >> An admirable goal. However to help you better, (much better even)
> >> we'll need the information provided on the Wiki regarding your target.
> >> That information is found here http://www.coreboot.org/Support and
> >> most of what we need to know you've already provided.
> >> -----
> >> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
> >> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>
> CPU-Z (google it) should tell you what the northbridge is, that's the
> most important bit at this point.
>
> -Corey
>
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