From owner-freebsd-small Thu Dec 23 6:53:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from info.iet.unipi.it (info.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A592C15640 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 06:53:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luigi@info.iet.unipi.it) Received: (from luigi@localhost) by info.iet.unipi.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA13120; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 16:55:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from luigi) From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199912231555.QAA13120@info.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: any way to boot from compactflash ? In-Reply-To: <199912231450.JAA30047@whizzo.transsys.com> from "Louis A. Mamakos" at "Dec 23, 1999 09:50:07 am" To: "Louis A. Mamakos" Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 16:55:12 +0100 (CET) Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL61 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I don't know about CompactFlash in particular, which probably denotes > a form factor, but I've got some systems that boot from flash which > look like an IDE disk. In my case, I believe the flash has a > form factor similar to a laptop IDE drive (e.g., a *really* small connector) > and is just connected to an IDE interface. > > BTW, this is on a Pentium CompactPCI CPU board from Motorola. I believe it's > also from SanDisk. I get this feeling that they've got the same sorta thing, > wrapped up in differently shaped plastic. the other msg in this thread suggested a product from SanDisk, but it is listed under OEM so i have no idea on how to get it... If there is a good soul on this list who can help get me one... thanks luigi -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- Luigi RIZZO, luigi@iet.unipi.it . Dip. di Ing. dell'Informazione http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ . Universita` di Pisa TEL/FAX: +39-050-568.533/522 . via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) Mobile +39-347-0373137 -----------------------------------+------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message