Well...yes there is a reason the GA-M57SLI doesn't really work for me. To see why take a look at Ward's tutorial at http://linuxbios.org/GIGABYTE_GA-M57SLI-S4_Build_Tutorial
The obstacles are obvious from the tutorial. If somebody could make these modifications and ship me a working board, I could reimburse them for their trouble. Anyone like to quote me a price for this service ? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corey Osgood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Vogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "ron minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LinuxBIOS mailinglist" <linuxbios@linuxbios.org>; "Janek Kozicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:19 PM Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] From slashdot - a company possibly using linuxbios. > Robert Vogel wrote: >> I'm catching up on my reading, so there has been some delay since the >> last >> post to this thread. >> >> One of the reasons why the LinuxBios project seems so large is that it >> attempts to satisfy the requirements of many different mother boards. >> Yet, >> it has not come up with a machine that is easily available. I don't see >> anything close to a desktop machine for the consumer yet. >> > > Gigabyte GA-M57SLI??? Is there some reason it doesn't fit your > requirements? > > -Corey > >> Is there a good reason why a single, perhaps custom, motherboard running >> LinuxBios would not be sufficient for, say, most desktop users ? >> The chipset could be selected so that there are no hiding places. If the >> Bios itself is socketed and replaceable, why should it not be a device >> that >> could be instantly on ? >> >> Ideally, an independent organization such as the FSF might certify a >> machine >> that is completely open...and therefore trustworthy. It wouldn't need to >> be >> backwards compatible with DOS nor would it run windows. It could skip >> cutting-edge graphics so that there should be no NDAs. Is that possible ? >> >> Thoughts ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > linuxbios mailing list > linuxbios@linuxbios.org > http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
