Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 10:11:40 +0100 (MET) From: Marcin Cieslak <saper@system.pl> To: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@iMach.com> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Geff Hanoian <boing@boing.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels (flash cards off topic) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.20.0001121003350.940-100000@tricord.system.pl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000111221529.11092D-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Forrest W. Christian wrote:
> I agree with your statement in general. However, in the "truly" embedded
> PC world, the most popular off-the-shelf Flash Disk solution (M-Systems
> DiskOnChip-Millenium) is actually of this type. However, this solution
> also provides native drivers for Windows and a whole host of other OS'es.
> If there isn't a FreeBSD driver available, expect one from me in a few
> weeks.
Once there I managed to read a flash card containing Cisco IOS
(it was M-Systems - or other manufacturer). However, the flash
was one of linear types - just plain of bytes, and no wd/ata emulation.
pccardd from PAO (3.2 then I guess) of course didn't detect
nor load the driver, but I read this using pccardc without any problem
(all filesystem structure, very simple at the moment and file contents).
I guess that some special operation would be required to program
the flash, but...
Well, this is no longer freebsd-stable, is it? :)
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