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How to reset the BIOS on a Vortex86-6071LV Posted by Len at 10 Aug 2005 11:57 AM
The embedded Linux project came back to life this week when the manufacturer sent us some new video driver source for the SiS 550 on the Vortex86-6071LV. At present the new driver seems to work as well as the old...

Another day learning the Linux way... Posted by Len at 7 Jul 2005 07:04 PM
My client has decided that we should ignore the video driver problem and press on with the proof of concept using the external VGA screen as a display. So this week was spent learning about building software for a machine...

So, where's the Unix version of CodeProject? Posted by Len at 30 Jun 2005 10:49 PM
Software development is hard. Lots of details that are hard to get your head around and harder to simplify. CodeProject is a wonderful resource for Windows programmers where programmers try and make the complicated more simple for others; I view...

Showstopper? Posted by Len at 30 Jun 2005 07:14 PM
Today was "get the Vortex86's SiS 550 graphics card working in graphics mode" day. In summary, I didn't and it's because the LCD is a DSTN one and the current Linux SiS drivers don't support it yet......

Travelling at the speed of a floppy drive Posted by Len at 29 Jun 2005 09:22 PM
This afternoon has been "one of those" afternoons. It started innocently enough when I checked my mail and my cables had arrived. I plugged a floppy drive into the Vortex86 and checked that I could boot off of it into...

2.4.31 Kernel build is go... Posted by Len at 29 Jun 2005 11:50 AM
As I mentioned yesterday I'm currently playing around with Linux on an embedded PC. Stage 0: was to get a build environmet set up. That's complete now and I have a build of the 2.4.31 kernel running whilst I type...

And now for something completely different Posted by Len at 28 Jun 2005 11:10 PM
One of my clients has asked me to do some investigative work for them in relation to Linux running on a Vortex86-6071LV (a PC/104 format PC which is 386 PC on a board that's around 6" x 4" x 1/2")....

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