From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Sep 3 15:28:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from zed.ludd.luth.se (zed.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5FBF14BE2 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 15:28:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from max@ludd.luth.se) Received: from speedy.ludd.luth.se (root@speedy.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.164]) by zed.ludd.luth.se (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA23449; Sat, 4 Sep 1999 00:26:10 +0200 Received: (max@localhost) by speedy.ludd.luth.se (8.8.8/8.6.11) id AAA17024; Sat, 4 Sep 1999 00:26:10 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19990904002609.A16400@speedy.ludd.luth.se> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 00:26:09 +0200 From: Max Nilsson To: Nick Hibma Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD router References: <199909031244.JAA12101@ns1.sminter.com.ar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Nick Hibma on Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 02:50:00PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 02:50:00PM +0200, Nick Hibma wrote: > > From the README in > > /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/fla > > > > The driver has been tested with the following devices: > > DiskOnChip2000 (8, 12, 24, 32, 40, 72, 144 MB) > DiskOnChipMillenium (8 MB) > > > Hope this helps. > > Nick I think that he is better of with a flash drive. A modern flash drive uses a standard IDE interface and do not need any special device drivers (the computer/BIOS does not know that it is not a normal IDE disk drive). You can get a flash drive with 20MB capacity up to 440MB. And the read/write preformance is much better than the DOC2000 (the DOC2000 uses a 8bit ISA adapter to work in a PC). The flash drives are nodays even cheaper than the M-SYS DOC2000 per MB and much easier to find among the computer resellers. Sandisk is one big supplier of flash drives (and other Flash EEPROM based storage products). http://www.sandisk.com/oem/1.8drive.htm /Max (how have tride both DOC2000 and flash drive in a NetBSD system). > > > > Hello: > > I'm needing to build a FreeBSD router to be installed on > > rooftops. Because of this, I'd like to avoid using mobile parts (ie, HDs, > > CD-ROMs, floppys, etc.). This requirement lead me to think about using flash > > cards as filesystems. It will also be great if I can turn them read-only > > by hardware or specialized soft. > > > > Any one has experience/pointers on this? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Fernando P. Schapachnik > > Administración de la red > > VIA Net Works Argentina SA > > Diagonal Roque Sáenz Peña 971, 4º y 5º piso. > > 1035 - Capital Federal, Argentina. > > (54-11) 4323-3333 > > http://www.via-net-works.net.ar > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > > -- > ISIS/STA, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -- -- Max Nilsson E-mail: max@ludd.luth.se -- -- Sweden -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message