Re: Motherboard design specifically for Linux
kwrohrer@ce.mediaone.net
Thu, 22 Oct 1998 16:13:53 -0500 (CDT)
And lo, jens@pinguin.conetix.de saith unto me:
>
> nice idea. It would probably be a good idea to include with the motherboard a
> small device which plugs into a serial or parallel (or USB <g>) port and if
> you hold a key while booting the system will be loaded from an EEPROM on
> this small device, containing a small amount of flashing and system recovery
> tools. The device might look like one of these loopback hardware testing
> plugs - just a little bigger because it'd have to house a (probably also
> flashable) chip containing a few MB of boot code.
>
> This'd be complete independant of the mainboard (almost), and might be a
> rescue/last resort for complete breakdowns.
>
Sounds like you want to say "keyboard". The days of toggling in boot code
by hand shall not be gone forever!
Keith (HHOS)
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