The LinuxBIOS Project Re: [Nottingham] PiXiE links

[Martin]

Another link that may be of interest:

http://www.linuxbios.org/index.html

 >>>>
LinuxBIOS is an Open Source project aimed at replacing the normal BIOS 
with a little bit of hardware initialization and a compressed Linux 
kernel that can be booted from a cold start. The project was started as 
part of clustering research work in the Cluster Reseach Lab at the 
Advanced Computing Laboratory at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The 
primary motivation behind the project was the desire to have the 
operating system gain control of a cluster node from power on. Other 
beneficial consequences of using LinuxBIOS include needing only two 
working motors to boot (cpu fan and power supply), fast boot times 
(current fastest is 3 seconds), and freedom from proprietary (buggy) 
BIOS code, to name a few. ...
 >>>>

Regards,
Martin


Michael Erskine wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for all of the encouragement at last night's demo - I thoroughly
> enjoyed myself. Here are a few links to PiXiE related websites...
> 
> Via's own site for my particular mini-ITX motherboard - 
> http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_mini_itx_spec.jsp?motherboardId=21
> 
> Everything mini-ITX including some fantastic home-made cases at
> http://www.mini-itx.com/
> 
> linITX.org - The community for Linux on mini-ITX http://www.linitx.org/
> 
> Build Your Own Linux http://www.byolinux.org/
> 
> Getting your hands on some hardware here in the UK -
> http://linitx.com/shop/
> 
> The amazing Lex-Light system - http://www.lex.com.tw/case-light.htm
> 
> H. Peter Alvin's pxelinux that allows a Linux system to boot from PXE - 
> http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php
> 
> BusyBox, The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux is at
> http://www.busybox.net/
> 
> There are many more but these hold more interest for the casual
> observer.
> 
> Enjoy,
> Michael.



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