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 / /_ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
