[K12OSN] anybody used LinuxBIOS?

[David H. Barr]

I keep up with LinuxBIOS about as much as I keep up with k12osn --
lots of reading and wishing, not much doing.  Having said that, there
has recently been some talk on the lists about trying to find a sample
board that is easy to hack, inexpensive, and well-documented.  Sort of
a "beginner board".  It just so happens that these are the same
qualities one might look for in a thin client board, as well.

Regards,
-dhbarr.


On 9/16/06, Jim McQuillan <jam at mcquil.com> wrote:
>
>
> Rob Owens wrote:
> > www.linuxbios.org
> >
> > The stuff on their website is a little bit above me
> > right now, but it seems to say that among other
> > things, you can reflash your bios with their code and
> > make your computer boot over the network.  This would
> > be a great way to make cheap thin clients even
> > cheaper.
> >
> > Has anybody tried it?  Or does anybody have the
> > knowledge and guts to be the first one on this list to
> > try it?  If so, please let me know how it works (and
> > how you did it).
> >
>
> I know the Linuxbios guys.  VERY smart.  I think they breath different
> air than the rest of us :)
>
> The thing about LinuxBios is that it takes them about 4 months to
> engineer a bios for a new motherboard.  And, each motherboard is VERY
> different from the next.   And, they don't usually get any cooperation
> from the motherboard or chipset manufacturers.
>
> Their primary focus is on server class motherboards that would be used
> in a rack of cluster nodes.  They want to be able to boot clusters very
> quickly, and if one fails, they want to be able to access the ram before
> it gets re-initialized on a reboot.
>
> So, don't count on Linuxbios showing up in thin clients anytime soon,
> unless the thin client manufacturers begin to cooperate with reliable
> specs and lots of information.
>
> Jim McQuillan
> jam at Ltsp.org
>
>
> > -Rob
> >
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