From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 21:09:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA18062 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 21:09:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp5.portal.net.au [202.12.71.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA18055 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 21:09:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01814; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 15:34:11 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712060504.PAA01814@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jim Shankland cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISA-bus flash "IDE disks" sought In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Dec 1997 11:01:54 -0800." <199712051901.LAA21422@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 15:34:10 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > If anyone knows of a good source for ISA-bus flash cards that look > like an IDE disk drive to software, I'd like to hear about it. Tried Industrial Computer Source? > I'm looking for a card that is: > > * ISA-bus based (as noted); > * ca 10 MB of flash; > * works as is with FreeBSD's wd driver and the BIOS (I'd > like to boot off it); > * cheap, reliable, fast, etc. Most flash cards are floppy-emulators, and usually at the BIOS, not register level. There are a couple of solid-state disk emulators with IDE interfaces, but these are pretty expensive, not to mention bulky. You might consider a PCMCIA adapter card and a PCCARD flash card (you'd need to integrate some of the PAO work to have this happen properly). Still not cheap, unfortunately. mike