Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 23:13:51 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Booting off PCMCIA Flash EEProm Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971031230549.23407A-100000@darkstar.home>
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What is the possibility of getting a PC (either a laptop or conventional chassis) to boot off of a PCMCIA card? The first problem that is apparent is that the rom bios looks to a conventional hard drive or floppy for the boot record. How feasible is it to hack a bios, or are there new bios implementations which will boot off of an flash ATA virtual hard drive? This business of getting PCs away from moving media mechanical drives for embedded applications seems increasingly important. Charles Mott
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