Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 13:47:29 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd running on a cdrom Message-ID: <20030105134729.A43854@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030105142342.Y264@woozle.rinet.ru>; from marck@rinet.ru on Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 02:27:58PM %2B0300 References: <20030102220350.5971.qmail@web41013.mail.yahoo.com> <20030105001014.GA76756@cs.huji.ac.il> <20030105.001255.53237870.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030105131030.X264@woozle.rinet.ru> <20030105122146.C43208@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030105142342.Y264@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 02:27:58PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > WB> > Well, while I'd certainly agree with you regarding reliability (BTW, how many > WB> > _read_ cycles do contemporary flashdisks support?), there is at least one major > WB> > question: where to boot from? especially in the case of standalone > WB> > moving-parts-free router ;-) > WB> > WB> You can boot from CompactFlash cards, they behave like IDE drives. > > Aha, that makes sense... But then, I suppose, one needs some IDE<->CF > converting device... Would you point me to the resources 'bout them? http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fcfa.html is what I have. Just remember one thing: in IDE-mode the CF cards can *not* be hotplugged! -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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