From owner-freebsd-small Thu Dec 23 5:55:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from shemp.palomine.net (shemp.palomine.net [205.198.88.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AF02214F1B for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 05:55:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjohnson@palomine.net) Received: (qmail 16458 invoked by uid 1000); 23 Dec 1999 13:54:51 -0000 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:54:51 -0500 From: Chris Johnson To: Luigi Rizzo Cc: small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any way to boot from compactflash ? Message-ID: <19991223085451.A16430@palomine.net> References: <199912231152.MAA12483@info.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <199912231152.MAA12483@info.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 12:52:19PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message