Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 18:13:42 -0400 From: "M. Adam Davis" <adavis@ubasics.com> To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash Support in older mobos? Message-ID: <3CC48B16.6050203@ubasics.com> References: <003201c1ea46$013f9900$fa37a8c0@jubjub>
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I've not dealt with the DOM, but the CF card with a proper adaptor looks exactly like an IDE drive - if the computer accepts IDE drives then it will work fine. The two problems I've run into, though: 1. I've seen older systems (Pre MMX pentiums and 486s) whose bios autodetects IDE drives that couldn't detect my CF card automatically. I put it in another system to get the parameters, entered them manually in the target system and it works fine after that. (FWIW, the 8MB cards I'm using get set up as NORMAL or CHS (Not LBA or LARGE), and 248 CYL, 2 HD, 65545 PRECOMP, 247 LAND, 32 SECT.) 2. The particular adaptors I have are *very* easy to plug in incorrectly (off by two pins). They go directly on the motherboard, and I've had this problem mostly with onboard IDE connectors that have a shroud - I line them up with one end of the shroud. Didn't damage the MB or the CF, but added an annoying 1/2 hour of troubleshooting today (first time I've had a problem). Good luck! -Adam Howard Jones wrote: > Hi, > After a few weekends fiddling, I have a small FreeBSD config I am happy with > to use as a firewall at home (and a couple of others for an XTerminal and a > full-featured router for research at work). I have a couple of flash devices > to use as the boot devices - a 16Mb DiskOnModule, and an old 16Mb CF card > with an IDE adapter. These work fine in my test machine, but not in my > target PC - an old Acer P75 system. The test machine is a new SiS630 chipset > mobo, that will be my XTerminal, but what is support like in older systems > for DoM or CFs? Was I just unlucky? > > Best Regards, > > Howard Jones > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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