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Subject: Re: How to boot from PC-Card?
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> Is it possible to boot FreeBSD from a PC-Card / PCMCIA (when the BIOS
> supports it at boot time)?

If the BIOS support it, and supplies a driver that looks like the
'hardware', yes.

> Only RAM and a Flash card.

See above.

> If yes, what is needed in the Kernel to do this (filesystems etc.)?

Nothing, since it looks like 'real' hardware.


Nate