Tilman Klar wrote: > > Hello mailinglist, > > I’m currently in the process of finding some suitable hardware for a > multimedia box. The box needs to be capable to output sound/video, but > this should be no problem: Even if the mainboard does not have support > for a/v, I’m sure that there are a lot of USB solutions out there > which might do the trick. I want to have really fast boot up times (a > few seconds), so I was looking into the linuxbios project. From > reading the list of supported mainboards/devices, I see that finding > the ~right~ hardware is not a trivial task. > > Do you have any recommendations what kind of hardware I could use? > You didn't give many details, but take a look at some of these.
Corey has C7D+CN700+8237 support posted but not committed yet. It's 99% there. The mainboard in the Wal-mart/Everext PC is a VIA Mfg. NO: PC2500E: http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_platform/index.jsp ClubIT Price: $59.99: http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4842001 or one of the other older VIA Epia boards: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=301 http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=202 http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=81 http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=21 SiS761GX/SiS966 chipset and GIGABYTE GA-2761GXDK board now supported http://www.rssfeedbus.com/index.php?showtopic=1515 but still no Linux accelerated graphics driver. Anyone at SiS listening? GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 AMD K8 NVIDIA MCP55 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2287&ModelName=GA-M57SLI-S4 ASUS A8V-E SE AMD K8 VIA K8T890 / VT8237R http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=143&l4=0&model=576&modelmenu=1 ASUS A8N-E AMD K8 NVIDIA CK804 http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=171&l4=0&model=455&modelmenu=2 > > And where would I get replacement BIOS chips for the hardware, just in > case something goes wrong? > -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios