Re: Can I execute a linuxbios image from linux?

2004-04-03 Thread Antony Stone
On Saturday 03 April 2004 10:22 am, Svante Signell wrote: > I thought the LinuxBIOS was parts from of a kernel. What size is needed? > It seems that the flash sizes are 1,2 and 4 Mibit, at least for older > boards. Have I missed something here? LinuxBIOS is not the Linux kernel. LinuxBIOS is bo

Re: Can I execute a linuxbios image from linux?

2004-04-03 Thread Svante Signell
On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 20:08, ron minnich wrote: > On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Svante Signell wrote: > > > Thank you for the information. I'll check if this equipment is usable > > for my hardware. The crucial thing is whether the BIOS chip is socketed > > or not. We'll see, at least I know the size is 2Mb

Re: Can I execute a linuxbios image from linux?

2004-04-02 Thread Peter Stuge
On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 07:36:32PM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > for my hardware. The crucial thing is whether the BIOS chip is socketed > or not. We'll see, at least I know the size is 2Mbit, since the latest > BIOS binary (A6120IMS.200) supported by MSI is 261144kbyte. Does anybody > have experi

Re: Can I execute a linuxbios image from linux?

2004-04-02 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Svante Signell wrote: > Thank you for the information. I'll check if this equipment is usable > for my hardware. The crucial thing is whether the BIOS chip is socketed > or not. We'll see, at least I know the size is 2Mbit, since the latest > BIOS binary (A6120IMS.200) supporte

Re: Can I execute a linuxbios image from linux?

2004-04-02 Thread Svante Signell
Kevin, Thank you for the information. I'll check if this equipment is usable for my hardware. The crucial thing is whether the BIOS chip is socketed or not. We'll see, at least I know the size is 2Mbit, since the latest BIOS binary (A6120IMS.200) supported by MSI is 261144kbyte. Does anybody have

Re: Can I execute a linuxbios image from linux?

2004-03-31 Thread Kevin O'Connor
On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 09:30:16PM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > Is there a way to try out a new BIOS without risking to end up with an > unbootable main-board, ethernet, serial port, some special card > connected to the south-bridge (PIIX4) e.g. a special PCI/ISA card, etc? > Other solutions incl

Re: Can I execute a linuxbios image from linux?

2004-03-31 Thread Svante Signell
OK, maybe my question is OT, but not completely OT. Maybe I can try to move the L440BX stuff from V1 to V2, and when it compiles get help from the list after that? Is there a way to try out a new BIOS without risking to end up with an unbootable main-board, ethernet, serial port, some special card

Re: Can I execute a linuxbios image from linux?

2004-03-31 Thread ron minnich
I'm not sure you're going to get much help here, as your question is kind of off topic for this list, but we'll see. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Can I execute a linuxbios image from linux?

2004-03-31 Thread Svante Signell
Hello, I'm trying to upgrade the CPU on a 440BX dual board MSI-6210 from dual Celerons (Mendocino) to a single Celeron2 (Tualatin) using a socket 370 to slot 1 adapter, SLOT-T from Upgradeware. On other 440BX based motherboards, this works perfectly. Two computers I have upgraded are a QDI Brillia