Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels (flash cards off topic)

2000-01-13 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wes Peters writes: : Modern flash chips support on the order of 1,000,000 write cycles, so this : is not such a concern anymore. There is no reason why we shouldn't put : a filesystem on a flash card. We weren't talking about modern flash cards :-). These flash ca

Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels (flash cards off topic)

2000-01-13 Thread Wes Peters
Marcin Cieslak wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > > > The linear flash cards don't have an ata interface, > > so PAO and soon -current won't recognize them. > > They don't have and we don't need it. > Once can easily read them with low-level pccardc interface. > In general, fl

Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels (flash cards off topic)

2000-01-12 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Marcin Cieslak writes: : Once can easily read them with low-level pccardc interface. : In general, flash cards are not meant to be written too often, : so I belive we won't put a real filesystem on them. : Just a kernel and mfsroot image perhaps? Well, there is mfs

Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels (flash cards off topic)

2000-01-12 Thread Marcin Cieslak
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > The linear flash cards don't have an ata interface, > so PAO and soon -current won't recognize them. They don't have and we don't need it. Once can easily read them with low-level pccardc interface. In general, flash cards are not meant to be written too