Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — Linux NetworX, a specialist in large-scale Linux clustering solutions, announced today that it has developed LinuxBIOS for the Alpha platform. Linux NetworX will present the development and all of its implications at the Extreme Linux Developer's Forum, Feb. 21-23 in Santa Fe, NM.

In conjunction with the LinuxBIOS Open Source project, Linux NetworX has replaced SRM firmware on the Alpha platform with a Linux-based BIOS. Users will now have the ability to boot to Linux directly out of the ROM on the motherboard.

“Among the various other benefits, this gives users pre-boot network access and offers the potential for remote firmware updates and remote hardware diagnosis,” said Joshua Harr, CTO of Linux NetworX.

LinuxBIOS offers the potential to dramatically increase the manageability of Alpha-based clusters for the end-user. Significant management and reliability features include remote on-board hardware failure recoveries, firmware updates, kernel updates and booting.

The Fourth Extreme Linux Developer's Forum is an exclusive, by invitation-only workshop with the focus on sharing information and experience about advanced, bleeding-edge Linux cluster technology.

 
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