Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 08:57:18 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISA-bus flash "IDE disks" sought Message-ID: <17434.881395038@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 06 Dec 1997 15:34:10 %2B1030." <199712060504.PAA01814@word.smith.net.au>
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In message <199712060504.PAA01814@word.smith.net.au>, Mike Smith writes: >> If anyone knows of a good source for ISA-bus flash cards that look >> like an IDE disk drive to software, I'd like to hear about it. > >Tried Industrial Computer Source? > >> I'm looking for a card that is: >> >> * ISA-bus based (as noted); >> * ca 10 MB of flash; >> * works as is with FreeBSD's wd driver and the BIOS (I'd >> like to boot off it); >> * cheap, reliable, fast, etc. > >Most flash cards are floppy-emulators, and usually at the BIOS, not >register level. The cheapest way is probably to buy a PCMCIA doc and a ATA Flash card. Approx $1000 I'd think. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
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