Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:15:48 -0700 From: Karan Gupta <kgupta@edgefocus.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: Jamie Ostrowski <jamie@gnulife.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from a flash card Message-ID: <4295E824.7080003@edgefocus.com> In-Reply-To: <44zmuixhcp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20050524172655.C16115@floyd.gnulife.org> <44zmuixhcp.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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I have been using http://www.gctglobal.com/Products/Set_Top_Box/STB6086N2/stb6086n2.html. They have CF slot that the BIOS recognizes as a boot device. . Lowell Gilbert wrote: >Jamie Ostrowski <jamie@gnulife.org> writes: > > > >> I've got a Ricoh (Ricoh RL5C475 PCI-CardBus Bridge) with a 1Gb PCMCIA >>Compact Flash card. I'd like to install FreeBSD on the flash card and to >>be able to boot with the flash. The problem I am running into is that my >>BIOS doesn't recognize the flash card as a boot device. >> >> Is there any way to run with a FreeBSD system (4.11) off of a flash >>card rather than a hard drive? Any way to boot up with the flash card? >> >> > >The BIOS has to initiate the booting. If the system can't boot off of >flash, you need to start the boot off some other device, and then you >will be able to run some kind of boot management from the other device. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- Karan Gupta /------------------------------------------------------------------- / /EdgeFocus Inc/ /Cell: (949) 202-9797 / /Main: (949) 417-3360 x 250 / /Fax: (949) 417-3371 / /17981 Skypark Cr. Ste A, Irvine CA, 92614 / /--------------------------------------------------------------------- / /EdgeFocus Inc: Zoom Wireless <www.edgefocus.com> /
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