What Distro to use for AMD Geode LX800

shaiss · 01-26-2010, 06:23 PM

I have a PC104 board from AAEON http://www.aaeon.com/PD_Products_Det..._TW_UTF-8.html that I need to get linux running on. Their compatibility lists RedHat 9 with Kernel 2.4. Is this even available?

I would like to run a current distro with the 2.6 kernel.

Could anyone help me get started?

I've tried the following but can't get the live CDs to boot:
Mandriva 2008
Ubuntu 9.10, 7.10
Debian 5.03
DSL
Puppy 4 (Dingo)
Mint 7
Fedora 11

Any help?

amani · 01-27-2010, 11:11 AM

you will need to use a lot of kernel parameters to boot that

see the guides for Linux on AMD geode
use slackware for example.

shaiss · 01-27-2010, 11:34 AM

I plugged in an IDE CD Drive and all the distros work fine

amani · 02-01-2010, 11:16 AM

can you provide the output of lspci -v and dmidecode

thanks

rapphil · 02-02-2010, 10:23 PM

Did you have problens after the instalation/initialization?
I'm using the same single board computer (PFM-540i) from AAEON.
USB and network don't work. I have some erro messages during initialization like "wrong irq, nobody cares" "use irqpoll".

mahu_mahu · 02-12-2010, 08:29 AM

Hoq muxh ram did you install on that board?
If you didn't install enough ram , linux distro's will not run.
Anyway, if you want debian system , try
video=lxfb:<Xres>x<Yres>-<bpp>@<refreshrate>
as a kernel parameter(e.g, video=800x600-32@75, etc., depends your display).

rapphil · 02-23-2010, 12:05 PM

I found a solution for the problem that I had when using linux in PFM540I.
With the default bios options, during the boot process, there is a "nobody care irq 5. Use irqpoll option" warning message, and the usb and network didn't work.
In the bios setup menu, I put only irq 5 and irq 10 as reserved, and reboot again. There is no error message anymore.