init hangs booting epia
I can boot epia using linuxbios now. But when executing /sbin/init linux hangs.Messages: Freeing unused kernel memory: 248k freed Warning: unable to open an initial console. what's the problem? zhu ___ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: help with new motherboard Soyo 6BA+
ron minnich wrote: On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Jeremy Jackson wrote: I can't believe it's this easy! From newb to 1st mobo up in 24 hours. now you have to write up your experiences for the web page. That title above will do :-) Sadly my writeup will have to include taking a voltage reading and finding the board locked up. It will no longer boot, do to a red hot south bridge. Not sure what I did... But these 440BX boards are a dime a dozen, so I will find another to continue the work. Actually, I will still have to send the patch, I did get the board working completely before I fried it. Now on to the SiS 735... be afraid, be very afraid! -- Jeremy Jackson Coplanar Networks (519)897-1516 http://www.coplanar.net ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
serial console int0x10 redirector
Hi, Has anyone thought about an Ncurses style int 0x10 redirector for serial console? Observe Memtest86's partial implementation, ALDO, etc, maybe there's something close already? This could be useful for Linuxbios, or it could be flashed into an old PCI video card, to give that capability to *any* PC, like the PC Weasel, but real cheap. Cheers, Jeremy -- Jeremy Jackson Coplanar Networks (519)897-1516 http://www.coplanar.net ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
other features for Linuxbios
Here's some ideas i've been getting: firmware debugger: perhaps using romcc, a minimal debugger would allow trying different ram initialization sequences rapidly. If it were treated as a stub, it would be possible to run make on the controlling machine, and (with some line from the serial port to the reset line on the target board) have it compile the IPL ram init sequence, reset the board, upload it, then test it. By keeping VI open in another window, you could try new code every few seconds. Where would it store this code? Well there's Eric's Cache-as-ram trick, where available, and I was thinking about all those video cards that aren't used with Linuxbios... don't almost all video cards have static ram on them? What would it take to execute code from there? I wonder how much the gdb kernel stub depends on the kernel? A serial console api could be useful there and elsewhere, to avoid duplicating the serial code in the various payloads. other ideas... it would be swell to have an IPL that could accept downloads (zmodem?) via the serial console port, and (re)flash the payload, though it would require reimplementing the flashing code. Probably nicer to use the MTD drivers in Linux. Regards, Jeremy -- Jeremy Jackson Coplanar Networks (519)897-1516 http://www.coplanar.net ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
EPIA flash questions
Hi folks, Well, I finally got myself a Linuxbios supported board (an EPIA ME-6000). Later tonight I'm going to order a flash from Mouser to swap out, but before I do, I have a few questions: On board is a PLCC form factor 39SF020A. Mouser also carries the 39SF040A, which is a 512k ROM. The pinouts seem to be the same, but I'm not sure whether the extra address lines are carried out anywhere. Does anyone know whether the EPIA will be able to use the extra 256k? Also, I was not planning on getting a BIOS savior. Does anyone have experience with hotswapping flashes on the EPIA? Will bad things happen if I do? Do I need to make myself an external board with chip select lines, or can I just hotswap? Thanks, joshua ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: EPIA flash questions
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Joshua Wise wrote: On board is a PLCC form factor 39SF020A. Mouser also carries the 39SF040A, which is a 512k ROM. The pinouts seem to be the same, but I'm not sure whether the extra address lines are carried out anywhere. Does anyone know whether the EPIA will be able to use the extra 256k? I think it will, I've used that I'm pretty sure. Also, I was not planning on getting a BIOS savior. Does anyone have experience with hotswapping flashes on the EPIA? Will bad things happen if I do? Do I need to make myself an external board with chip select lines, or can I just hotswap? hot swap has always worked fine for me. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: EPIA flash questions
On Aug 26, 2004, at 2:42 PM, Joshua Wise wrote: Hi folks, Well, I finally got myself a Linuxbios supported board (an EPIA ME-6000). Later tonight I'm going to order a flash from Mouser to swap out, but before I do, I have a few questions: On board is a PLCC form factor 39SF020A. Mouser also carries the 39SF040A, which is a 512k ROM. The pinouts seem to be the same, but I'm not sure whether the extra address lines are carried out anywhere. Does anyone know whether the EPIA will be able to use the extra 256k? Don't know, but would like to know so please post your success/failure back to the list Also, I was not planning on getting a BIOS savior. Does anyone have experience with hotswapping flashes on the EPIA? Will bad things happen if I do? Do I need to make myself an external board with chip select lines, or can I just hotswap? I've hotswapped it with a little PLCC puller probably 50 something times, not a problem yet. -- Nathanael D. Noblet Gnat Solutions 412 - 135 Gorge Road E Victoria, BC V9A 1L1 T/F 250.385.4613 http://www.gnat.ca/ ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: EPIA flash questions
- Original Message - From: Joshua Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 2:42 PM Subject: EPIA flash questions Hi folks, Well, I finally got myself a Linuxbios supported board (an EPIA ME-6000). Later tonight I'm going to order a flash from Mouser to swap out, but before I do, I have a few questions: On board is a PLCC form factor 39SF020A. Mouser also carries the 39SF040A, which is a 512k ROM. The pinouts seem to be the same, but I'm not sure whether the extra address lines are carried out anywhere. Does anyone know whether the EPIA will be able to use the extra 256k? Also, I was not planning on getting a BIOS savior. Does anyone have experience with hotswapping flashes on the EPIA? Will bad things happen if I do? Do I need to make myself an external board with chip select lines, or can I just hotswap? I would not recommend hot swap. 20 times and then your contacts will fade or break( epia has very little space ). BIOS savior is much better solution if you plan to work with Linuxbios( I've burned mine 30+ times already with it... ). Dmitry/ ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
RE: EPIA flash questions
Do either of you happen to know if all the EPIA boards use the same PLCC Flash? -marc -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ron minnich Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:50 PM To: Joshua Wise Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: EPIA flash questions On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Joshua Wise wrote: On board is a PLCC form factor 39SF020A. Mouser also carries the 39SF040A, which is a 512k ROM. The pinouts seem to be the same, but I'm not sure whether the extra address lines are carried out anywhere. Does anyone know whether the EPIA will be able to use the extra 256k? I think it will, I've used that I'm pretty sure. Also, I was not planning on getting a BIOS savior. Does anyone have experience with hotswapping flashes on the EPIA? Will bad things happen if I do? Do I need to make myself an external board with chip select lines, or can I just hotswap? hot swap has always worked fine for me. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
RE: EPIA flash questions
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Marc Nicholas wrote: Do either of you happen to know if all the EPIA boards use the same PLCC Flash? All? wow. There are so many. Our EPIA and EPIA-M all use the same part. I would be surprised if they did much else, since the southbridge is commonly only one of two types. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
