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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:18:20 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot off USB SanDisk?
Message-ID:  <20001023191820.B394@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200010230411.WAA04416@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 10:11:09PM -0600
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010201311470.8684-100000@search.sparks.net> <200010230411.WAA04416@harmony.village.org>

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On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 10:11:09PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010201311470.8684-100000@search.sparks.net> David Miller writes:
> : SanDisk makes a IDE-like flash card one could plug into a $30 USB
> : flashcard reader.
> : 
> : Would FreeBSD have any idea how to boot off such a beast?  Alternatively,
> : anyone know of an ISA/PCI adapter with enough bios on it to boot off a
> : similar flash?
> 
> You can use a IDE <-> CF adapter to boot off this device.  You can't
> boot it off via the USB device however.

As a matter of curiosity: what does such an adapter cost (roughly) ?

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Wilko Bulte  	 					Arnhem, the Netherlands
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