From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 16 15:57:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09743 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 15:57:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from afs.ntc.mita.keio.ac.jp (afs.ntc.mita.keio.ac.jp [131.113.212.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA09591 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 15:56:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hosokawa@ntc.keio.ac.jp) Received: (from hosokawa@localhost) by afs.ntc.mita.keio.ac.jp (8.8.8+2.7Wbeta7/3.6Wbeta6-ntc_mailserver1.03) id IAA08876; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:55:56 +0900 (JST) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:55:56 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199802162355.IAA08876@afs.ntc.mita.keio.ac.jp> To: david@sparks.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, hosokawa@ntc.keio.ac.jp Subject: Re: Boot off ATA flash? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Feb 1998 14:37:31 -0500 (EST)". From: hosokawa@ntc.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi) X-Mailer: mnews [version 1.20] 1996-12/08(Sun) Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article david@sparks.net writes: >> I've seen various messages saying "it should be easy" and the like, and >> have found a pccard reader with bios. But it still refuses to boot, >> acting like the sector mapping is fubarred. >> >> Is anyone actually booting a FreeBSD system off a flash card who would be >> willing to give me a few pointers? Example 1. I've heard that somebody was using FreeBSD on Fujitsu Intertop (http://www.fujitsu.co.jp/hypertext/news/1997/Jun/3e.html). It has only Compact Flash slot and Type II PCMCIA slot, and it has no HDD's in it. I remember that this PC can't boot from FDD, so I think that the compact flash was fdisked, disklabeled and injected FreeBSD from the other PC with PC-card slot. Example 2. There's a port of FreeBSD to NEC Mobile Gear (http://www.psinfo.nec.co.jp/mg/mk.htm, in Japanese only, but the image is available), CGA-like pocket PC and it has only Flash ATA slot, not HDD. -- HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi Network Technology Center Keio University hosokawa@ntc.keio.ac.jp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message