ALIX system board
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2/21/2008
Connecting a CD-ROM or DVD drive
While not intended for normal operation, this can be useful to install operating systems etc. I use a
AT (not ATX) power supply. Create a special cable to go from 12V and GND to the DC jack (snip
up a drive power Y or extension cable). Connect the optical drive using a 44 pin to 40 pin IDE
cable, jumper as slave device. This works best with the jumper installed across the SWI pins of the
front panel header J26 (see above).
Support
Please email [email protected].
Damn Small Linux – Not (DSL-N)
Tested ok booting from CD (version RC4). Installation to CF card was not successful.
Debian Linux (Etch)
Works ok.
Boot may hang when no monitor is present (see known bugs).
FreeBSD
Beta test: 6.1 working if USB 2.0 is disabled in the BIOS setup. Kernel panic otherwise.
USB 2.0 requires a patch for correct recognition of the CS5536 USB controller.
iMedia Linux
(see www.imedialinux.com)
Installation from CD (version 5.0.1, 5.0.2) to CF card works fine. Recommend Fluxbox window
manager. Fits on a 512 MB CF card with room to spare. Includes native drivers for the Geode LX
CPU.
FreeDOS, MS-DOS 5.0
Tested ok, booting from CF card.
NetBSD
Not yet tested.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com
