From owner-freebsd-small Fri Jun 26 12:49:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA16472 for freebsd-small-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 12:49:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from neuron.hippocampus.net (neuron.hippocampus.net [204.138.241.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16390 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 12:48:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@hippocampus.net) Received: from localhost (marc@localhost) by neuron.hippocampus.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA22104; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:48:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:48:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Marc Nicholas To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm back. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > > * I just received a flash disk (16MB, M-Systems, ISA card), thanks to > > > Goran Hasse of Raditex, SE - I'll be experimenting with it till it starts > > > working... :-) (i.e. I want to boot from it, and somehow access it to > > > store the config data). I also plan to read the docs about Linux > > > implementation of Flash Filesystem (romfs). Any pointers appreciated! > > > > I currently use a 20mb M-Systems flash drive with my PicoBSD system...the > > PC-IDE unit (looks like an IDE drive)... > > > > Works like a charm :-) > > Well... loading the kernel - no doubt, but what with accessing the flash > from running system? Yes? I don't see what issues you see... I must admit, I've been doing lots of "hacking" with FreeBSD for a while and maybe something that's obvious to me isn't obvious to others. -marc -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Hippocampus OSD, Inc. "Industrial Strength Internet Solutions" vox://416.979.9000 fax://416.979.8223 http://www.hippocampus.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message