From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Oct 21 09:49:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA24079 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:49:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from grayling.erg.sri.com (grayling.erg.sri.com [128.18.4.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA24072 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:49:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from templin@erg.sri.com) Received: by grayling.erg.sri.com (8.6.12/2.7davy) id JAA09163; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:49:12 -0700 Message-Id: <199710211649.JAA09163@grayling.erg.sri.com> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 09:49:12 -0700 From: "Fred L. Templin" To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, louie@TransSys.COM Cc: templin@erg.sri.com Subject: Re: PC/104 platform recommendations? Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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