Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 14:33:24 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@ppp-207-193-2-169.kscymo.swbell.net> To: luigi@info.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Cc: small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: success with compactflash cards! Message-ID: <200002192033.OAA60030@ppp-207-193-2-169.kscymo.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <200002191111.MAA84547@info.iet.unipi.it>
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In reply: > Hi, > > i finally found the time to try a 16MB compactflash card using the > IDE adapters from TAPR (www.tapr.org). > > First -- it works! > > Second (and the reason of this email): i tried to find an easy way to > install PicoBSD on the flash, but could not find one. > My idea was to use /stand/sysinstall the same way i do with HDs -- > install booteasy on the flash, then define a couple of partitions, > one of which is the size of the floppy image, and then cat the image > to the partition. > > Unfortunately, after this booteasy shows the F1 prompt but > seems unable to boot. I am unsure if this is a result of the > geometry of the flash (490/2/32 -- maybe booteasy needs the > full 63-sectors which are on each track on all my other disks ?) > or something else -- anyways, i ended up just catting the floppy > image at the beginning of the flash, then boot from a floppy, use > fdisk to put the right size in the first partition. This is, i > think, similar to the "dangerously dedicated mode". > > Any ideas on better ways to produce an image that i can copy to the > flash ? good idea. i noticed that they now have a link to the picobsd project on the tapr page. anyhow, i downloaded the users manual from tapr, and noticed in the linux loading instructions, that step three says: 3) untar the TAPR CompactFlash Card filesystem by Allen Finne, KB5SQK i don't know if this has any bearing on your issue, as the DOS loading instructions don't seem to require anything special, i'd have to look into what this linux compactflash filesystem is all about, i'm thinking it's something like a picobsd for linux, and may just be the kernel and utils... would it be possible to use ccd or vinum to concat more than one card for more storage? i've been working on designing some embedded systems myself :^) this concept looks highly promising. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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