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Re: Ampro CM/P5i Flash and Linux

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>Eric,
>
>Wow! I have thought of trying this many times but cost and knowledge has
>fled me.  Keep us abreast of you project!
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>Regards,
>
>Dan Lane
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>Email 

Currently, the only way I can boot Linux off DiskOnChip2000 is to leave
the M-Systems firmware in, which allows DOS to use the flash as a
hard-drive whithout adding drivers (does this by extending the BIOS).  I
then copy a suitable kernel (without the Linux flash driver, which hangs
the machine at the moment the root filesystem is to be mounted) and a
compressed root filesystem to the flash C: drive and then use loadlin to
load the kernel and the image as an initrd into a ram disk.  Works great
but leaves Linux unable to use the flash.

On the flipside, this could make a fabulous wearable lite system or an
excellent emergency recovery system.

My boss however, still wants linux booting natively from flash and able to
use the flash for storage....

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Eric LaForest      Nascent Linux Borg     -www.ncf.carleton.ca/~di458-
#define Hacker !(Cracker)  //FYI: http://sagan.earthspace.net/~esr/
Breaking into computers does not make one a hacker, for the same reasons
that hotwiring cars does not make one a mechanic... paraphr. from ESR

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