Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:54:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Wallace <pcw@mesanet.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Command-line i/f (Re: PicoBSD) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981007105023.11370D-100000@freeby.mesanet.com> In-Reply-To: <199810060316.UAA01889@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Whats the big deal about cramming this onto a single floppy... > > > > Wouldn't a real embedded FreeBSD application use a small flash drive? The > > > > smallest chips that we use now are 4 M Bytes and about $12.00, cheaper > > > > than a floppy drive! > > > > > > They don't have mounting screws, nor can you plug them into a standard > > > motherboard. 8) > > > > > > Lots of "embedded" stuff involves an ordinary PC bolted to the inside > > > of a big wooden box or similar. > > > > But I think lots _more_ embedded stuff will be: higher reliability > > / wider ambient temperature range / smaller size / and lower cost than can > > be achieved with a floppy for boot device... > > For that sort of thing, definitely. "Embedded" systems cover an > enormous range, and if you're manufacturing your own hardware, the > story changes rapidly. > > > I guess it depends on what the imagined target for PicoBSD is. > > Extremely varied - I certainly see it being used on flash-based > systems; don't get me wrong, I'd love to see an unencumberd TFFS clone. > 8) Maybe we could give away our BIOS INT 13 FFS code and some kind FreeBSD hacker could munge it into unix land... Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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