From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 20 9:19:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDBC837B422 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:19:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA14241; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:19:32 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010420101737.04708a60@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:19:25 -0600 To: Steve Price From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: PC104 and FreeBSD Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20010420105931.C39532@bsd.havk.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010420095032.04704c60@localhost> <20010420102543.G46608@bsd.havk.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010420095032.04704c60@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 09:59 AM 4/20/2001, Steve Price wrote: >I'm finding that apparently the biggest problem is the >DiskOnChip used. I'm pretty Warner Losh (at least I'm >pretty sure that's who did the work) has made great >strides in this area lately. The DiskOnChip isn't a PC104 component; it's used in many embedded systems. Myself, I prefer ATA-compatible CompactFlash, which runs out of the box with FreeBSD's ATA/IDE drivers. It's not only cheaper per megabyte but multiple-sourced. This is important in embedded work. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message