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Date:      Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:54:51 -0500
From:      Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>
Cc:        small@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: any way to boot from compactflash ?
Message-ID:  <19991223085451.A16430@palomine.net>
In-Reply-To: <199912231152.MAA12483@info.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 12:52:19PM %2B0100
References:  <199912231152.MAA12483@info.iet.unipi.it>

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On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 12:52:19PM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> does any of you know of hardware that can be used to boot a standard desktop
> system from a compactflash module ?  The idea is to replace the (unreliable
> and small) floppies in the various picobsd boxes we have around.  Most
> compactflash readers i have seen hook to the parallel port, plus i have no
> idea on how to program them. On the other hand, when i read advertisement of
> compactflash devices, they say things like "ATA compatible" which makes me
> think there must be a relatively simple way to emulate a disk with them...

Check this out: http://www.sandisk.com/oem/1.8drive.htm. It's a 3.5-inch IDE
drive that uses CompactFlash instead of disks. You install it just like a
regular IDE drive, and your computer can't tell the difference.

Chris


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