Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios on a braille display ?

2007-03-05 Thread Sébastien Hinderer
> or someone can just scan their web pages, which are good, to try to > match the board up. I'd really appreciate if someone coul do that. For me it is a bit difficult: it takes generally a certain amount of time to browse the web, especially to locate the relevent information. Sébastien. -- li

Re: [LinuxBIOS] mcp55 flashrom problem

2007-03-05 Thread Ulf Jordan
> 2007-03-05 10:17 +fd90 0a 00 00 00 0f 00 00 05 03 07 00 00 40 00 00 00 ssmmhh DD MM YY 100015 05 05 07 Typo. Should be: 100015 05 03 07 /ulf -- linu

[LinuxBIOS] Problems booting off Epia MII compact flash (filo)

2007-03-05 Thread John Koleszar
Hi all, I'm working on my first LinuxBios install on a Via Epia MII 12000 and am having some problems with filo. I seem to have everything built mostly correct, as I'm able to get to the filo boot prompt and invoke memtest86 (with VGA) from an iso9660 fs on hdc. When trying to boot off of the

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Distros

2007-03-05 Thread joe
Quoting Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070305 22:26]: >> Actually I tried it first on an updated FC5 system with no luck and >> then FC6. How will V3 help with this kind of problem? Is it more OS >> independent? > > yes, we added a mechanism that al

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Distros

2007-03-05 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070305 22:26]: > Actually I tried it first on an updated FC5 system with no luck and > then FC6. How will V3 help with this kind of problem? Is it more OS > independent? yes, we added a mechanism that allows detection of such things. Did you try to di

Re: [LinuxBIOS] mcp55 flashrom problem

2007-03-05 Thread Ulf Jordan
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Ward Vandewege wrote: > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 05:53:52PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: >> A counter with 6 bits per byte and one unknown byte. Note how no >> value is >=0x40 and a wraparound of the second value increases >> the third value by 1? >> Could be a timer, e.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Distros

2007-03-05 Thread joe
Quoting ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 3/5/07, Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Please post your error messages to the list. It's unlikely that your >> problems are (really) distro-specific... > > well, I have looked at joe's problem and it is confusing. More > binutils problems.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Distros

2007-03-05 Thread Corey Osgood
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask > because the one I am using is having an issue right now. > > Thanks - Joe > Ubuntu x86, using gcc 3.4.6 (4.1.2 reguires -fno-stack-protector passed to it), or else gentoo using the latest g

Re: [LinuxBIOS] CUV4X-E with linuxbios

2007-03-05 Thread Corey Osgood
ron minnich wrote: > On 3/5/07, Michał Wiśniewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have checked supported hardware list, but I want to be sure, if >> linuxbios is working with it. there is specification: >> >> Processor: Support Socket 370 for Intel FCPGA Pentium III / CeleronTM >> 266MHz~1GHz >> >>

Re: [LinuxBIOS] biossavior RD1-PMC4 not compatible with gigabyte m57sli-s4

2007-03-05 Thread Ward Vandewege
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 10:19:42PM +0100, Uwe Hermann wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 04:05:08PM -0500, Ward Vandewege wrote: > > For the record, the Biossavior RD1-PMC4 is not compatible with the Gigabyte > > M57SLI-S4 board. It simply won't boot from it, and flashrom doesn't see the > > built-in

Re: [LinuxBIOS] mcp55 flashrom problem

2007-03-05 Thread Ward Vandewege
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 05:53:52PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > A counter with 6 bits per byte and one unknown byte. Note how no > value is >=0x40 and a wraparound of the second value increases > the third value by 1? > Could be a timer, e.g. boot time or something like that. Try > to cor

[LinuxBIOS] test

2007-03-05 Thread Anton
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Re: [LinuxBIOS] MenuetOS and LinuxBIOS?

2007-03-05 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 05:29:19PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > > OK, I've fixed the wiki, and also added a list of OSes which are _not_ > > supported to the FAQ. Please update he list further if something's > > missing. > > As far as I remember the entry was about menuetos 64bit (which can not

Re: [LinuxBIOS] mcp55 flashrom problem

2007-03-05 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 05:53:52PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > -fd90 0f 00 24 00 12 00 00 02 03 07 00 00 40 00 00 00 > ^^^^^^ ^^ > |||||| unknown [...] > > +fd90 0a 00 00 00 0f 00 00 05 03 07 00 00 40 00 00 00 > > +f

Re: [LinuxBIOS] mcp55 flashrom problem

2007-03-05 Thread ron minnich
A agree with Carl-Danial. A counter. So we may have confirmed that BIOSes are moving to flash, as I have heard, due to CMOS limitations. ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Booting dos...

2007-03-05 Thread Anton
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 20:18:51 +0300 "Mikhail Savchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any ways boot to dos from LinuxBios? ADLO. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] Booting dos...

2007-03-05 Thread Mikhail Savchenko
Are there any ways boot to dos from LinuxBios? -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] mcp55 flashrom problem

2007-03-05 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 05.03.2007 17:37, Ward Vandewege wrote: > On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 07:09:15PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: >> Can you please observe the changes over several consequtive reboots (5 >> or so) > > This is it. The first line is the 'baseline' - the image I retrieved with the > proprietary in-bios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] mcp55 flashrom problem

2007-03-05 Thread Ward Vandewege
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 07:09:15PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > * Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070302 22:47]: > > OK, I've used flashrom/biossavior on a Tyan box to get the *actual* contents > > of the chip (I hope!). > Yes, shadow handling seems to work fine. The BIOS has _some_ reason t

Re: [LinuxBIOS] MenuetOS and LinuxBIOS?

2007-03-05 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070305 17:23]: > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 05:08:33AM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 03:09:28AM +0100, Uwe Hermann wrote: > > > int 0x15 > > > > > > Does this mean MenuetOS will not run with LinuxBIOS? > > > > Yes. > > OK, I've fixed

Re: [LinuxBIOS] MenuetOS and LinuxBIOS?

2007-03-05 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 05:08:33AM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote: > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 03:09:28AM +0100, Uwe Hermann wrote: > > int 0x15 > > > > Does this mean MenuetOS will not run with LinuxBIOS? > > Yes. OK, I've fixed the wiki, and also added a list of OSes which are _not_ supported to

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios on a braille display ?

2007-03-05 Thread ron minnich
or someone can just scan their web pages, which are good, to try to match the board up. They make boards with soldered-on and socketed flash ... depends on the board. ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios on a braille display ?

2007-03-05 Thread Sébastien Hinderer
> > In the meanwhile, I remembered that, when we played with the BIOS, we > > saw the mention of a company called Kontron. This might be the > > company who sold the motherboard to the braille device constructor. > > > > Is this company known by one of you guys ? > > yes indeed. A good company. Ma

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios on a braille display ?

2007-03-05 Thread Samuel Thibault
ron minnich, le Mon 05 Mar 2007 08:31:13 -0700, a écrit : > On 3/5/07, Sébastien Hinderer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the meanwhile, I remembered that, when we played with the BIOS, we > > saw the mention of a company called Kontron. This might be the > > company who sold the motherboard t

Re: [LinuxBIOS] CUV4X-E with linuxbios

2007-03-05 Thread ron minnich
On 3/5/07, Michał Wiśniewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have checked supported hardware list, but I want to be sure, if > linuxbios is working with it. there is specification: > > Processor: Support Socket 370 for Intel FCPGA Pentium III / CeleronTM > 266MHz~1GHz > > Chipset: > VIA 694X AGPset

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios on a braille display ?

2007-03-05 Thread ron minnich
On 3/5/07, Sébastien Hinderer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the meanwhile, I remembered that, when we played with the BIOS, we > saw the mention of a company called Kontron. This might be the > company who sold the motherboard to the braille device constructor. > > Is this company known by one o

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Distros

2007-03-05 Thread ron minnich
On 3/5/07, Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please post your error messages to the list. It's unlikely that your > problems are (really) distro-specific... well, I have looked at joe's problem and it is confusing. More binutils problems. I am not sure what it is, but joe's problem is see

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios on a braille display ?

2007-03-05 Thread Sébastien Hinderer
Dear all, First of all, all my gratitude to those of you who patiently explained all the basics. This was very useful and very appreciated, since I was (am) absolutely ignorant regarding BIOses and my too poor english arranges nothing of course (cRe: soldered). At the moment, I have no one with m

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Distros

2007-03-05 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 04:50:09AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask > because the one I am using is having an issue right now. Debian unstable, but that really doesn't matter, I think. Please post your error messages t

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Distros

2007-03-05 Thread Peter Stuge
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 04:50:09AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask > because the one I am using is having an issue right now. Gentoo, gcc 3.3.6, 3.4.5 or 4.1.1, binutils 2.17 //Peter -- linuxbios mailing list linux

[LinuxBIOS] CUV4X-E with linuxbios

2007-03-05 Thread Michał Wiśniewski
I have checked supported hardware list, but I want to be sure, if linuxbios is working with it. there is specification: Processor: Support Socket 370 for Intel FCPGA Pentium III / CeleronTM 266MHz~1GHz Chipset: VIA 694X AGPset 133MHz AGPset with 82C686B South Bridge Support UltraDMA/100 IDE D

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Distros

2007-03-05 Thread bxshi
What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask because the one I am using is having an issue right now. I use Suse 10.1. bxshi -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] Distros

2007-03-05 Thread joe
Hello, What Linux Distro is everyone using to build LinuxBIOS? I only ask because the one I am using is having an issue right now. Thanks - Joe -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Nothing Happens after "Jumping to linuxbios"

2007-03-05 Thread bxshi
I hate to say this, but it is probable that your dram is still not programmed correctly :-( I think that too.As I remember I had met the same error before when I developed MS9185. and it was all because the dram was programmed incorrectly. bxshi -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.o