From owner-freebsd-small Thu Dec 23 8:28:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F50156A1 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:28:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA30642; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:28:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <199912231628.LAA30642@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Luigi Rizzo Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: any way to boot from compactflash ? References: <199912231555.QAA13120@info.iet.unipi.it> In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Dec 1999 16:55:12 +0100." <199912231555.QAA13120@info.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:28:55 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I don't know about CompactFlash in particular, which probably denotes > > a form factor, but I've got some systems that boot from flash which > > look like an IDE disk. In my case, I believe the flash has a > > form factor similar to a laptop IDE drive (e.g., a *really* small connector) > > and is just connected to an IDE interface. > > > > BTW, this is on a Pentium CompactPCI CPU board from Motorola. I believe it's > > also from SanDisk. I get this feeling that they've got the same sorta thing, > > wrapped up in differently shaped plastic. > > the other msg in this thread suggested a product from SanDisk, but it > is listed under OEM so i have no idea on how to get it... > > If there is a good soul on this list who can help get me one... If you've found the device you need in the OEM section, you can probably purchase it from one of their distributers. I took a quick look at the list, and at least in the US, I've personally bought stuff from Arrow Electronics. Most of the industrial distributers will sell to you and me; assuming you meet their minimum order, which is typicaly something like US$50 or US$100. In fact, in most cases they will accept a credit card number for payment. They had these Italian two distributers listed in their OEM "How to Buy" page: Italy - Contradata Milano SRL Tel: +390-39-230-1492 Fax: +390-39-230-1489 email: gdamian@contradata.it Italy - Tekelec Tel: +39-025803951 Fax: +39-0258039530 email: mcariati@tekelec.it I suspect they'd be happy to take your money. Most of these distributers are used to selling smaller quantities for engineering purposes, rather than insisting on huge quantities. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message