Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:49:12 -0700 From: "Fred L. Templin" <templin@erg.sri.com> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, louie@TransSys.COM Cc: templin@erg.sri.com Subject: Re: PC/104 platform recommendations? Message-ID: <199710211649.JAA09163@grayling.erg.sri.com>
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Louie, I have FreeBSD running on the IBM PC110, using only flash memory for non-volatile storage (i.e. no rotating disk media). The PC110 comes with a 4MB internal flash card, and we purchased a 15MB SanDisk CF format card to drop in the PC110's external CF slot. I built a stripped-down '/' filesystem on the 15MB flash, and configured the 4MB flash as swap. Then, '/usr' and '/var' are NFS-mounted from a server as the system goes multi-user. My configuration required heavy modifications to the FreeBSD 'boot.flp' image as well as the PAO support code. But, if you don't need a "dataless" configuration like this and only wish to access the flash cards as ancillary storage then the stock 'wd' device driver in FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE (and beyond, I assume) works just fine. Let me know if you have any further specific questions regarding my configuration... Fred templin@erg.sri.com
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