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Date:      Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:52:19 +0100 (CET)
From:      Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>
To:        small@freebsd.org
Subject:   any way to boot from compactflash ?
Message-ID:  <199912231152.MAA12483@info.iet.unipi.it>

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Hi,

does any of you know of hardware that can be used to boot
a standard desktop system from a compactflash module ?
The idea is to replace the (unreliable and small) floppies
in the various picobsd boxes we have around.
Most compactflash readers i have seen hook to the parallel port,
plus i have no idea on how to program them. On the
other hand, when i read advertisement of compactflash devices,
they say things like "ATA compatible" which makes me think there
must be a relatively simple way to emulate a disk with them...

	thanks
	luigi
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