From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 23 10:15:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A210437B479 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:15:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 13nlC9-000GZX-00; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:15:34 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e9NHIKf01016; Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:18:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:18:20 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Warner Losh Cc: David Miller , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot off USB SanDisk? Message-ID: <20001023191820.B394@freebie.demon.nl> References: <200010230411.WAA04416@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200010230411.WAA04416@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 10:11:09PM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 10:11:09PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > In message David Miller writes: > : SanDisk makes a IDE-like flash card one could plug into a $30 USB > : flashcard reader. > : > : Would FreeBSD have any idea how to boot off such a beast? Alternatively, > : anyone know of an ISA/PCI adapter with enough bios on it to boot off a > : similar flash? > > You can use a IDE <-> CF adapter to boot off this device. You can't > boot it off via the USB device however. As a matter of curiosity: what does such an adapter cost (roughly) ? -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message