From owner-freebsd-small Thu Dec 23 7:41:25 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 61E27156E5 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:41:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjohnson@palomine.net) Received: (qmail 18065 invoked by uid 1000); 23 Dec 1999 15:41:09 -0000 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:41:09 -0500 From: Chris Johnson To: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: any way to boot from compactflash ? Message-ID: <19991223104109.A18037@palomine.net> References: <199912231450.JAA30047@whizzo.transsys.com> <199912231555.QAA13120@info.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <199912231555.QAA13120@info.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 04:55:12PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 04:55:12PM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > I don't know about CompactFlash in particular, which probably denotes > > a form factor, but I've got some systems that boot from flash which > > look like an IDE disk. In my case, I believe the flash has a > > form factor similar to a laptop IDE drive (e.g., a *really* small connector) > > and is just connected to an IDE interface. > > > > BTW, this is on a Pentium CompactPCI CPU board from Motorola. I believe it's > > also from SanDisk. I get this feeling that they've got the same sorta thing, > > wrapped up in differently shaped plastic. > > the other msg in this thread suggested a product from SanDisk, but it > is listed under OEM so i have no idea on how to get it... > > If there is a good soul on this list who can help get me one... http://www.egghead.com/category/inv/00035415/02020955.htm Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message