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I don't really know about the current flash card u are using but i |
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suggest if you want to keep everything solid state look into ide and |
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usb interface cards such as these find a local distributor |
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http://www.m-sys.com/site/en-US/Products/DiskOnChip/DiskOnChip |
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using the usb interface is the quickest but ide devices are also |
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avaliable personally i wouldn't look at pcmcia hdd, it's just not as |
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efficient. |
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Hanni |
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On 30/09/05, David F. Newman <dnewman@××××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I have put together a PC/104 system that I intend to run gentoo on |
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> and I am starting to work on putting together the OS. I'm just not |
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> entirely certain on the best way to boot it. |
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> The CPU module has a 2M flash chip that currently boots DOS. I also |
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> have a PCMCIA PC/104 module that has a bios for booting off cards |
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> and a 24M flash card from an old Cisco Catalyst switch. |
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> Does anyone know if the Cisco Flash card can be used to boot a linux |
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> OS or should I abandon that and look for something like a PCMCIA |
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> hard drive? I am attempting to keep everything solid state. |
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> I have a gentoo laptop which I am using to try and format the Cisco |
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> flash card using the pcmciamtd driver. It seems to recognize the card |
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> but mke2fs just hangs on it. |
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> Any pointers are appreciated. Thanks. |
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> Regards |
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E-mail: hanni.ali@×××××.com |
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Mobile: 07985580147 |
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Website: www.ainkaboot.co.uk |
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