Michaelwagner Wrote: > Why does all that have to be in ROM? It's a flash-based, embedded platform.
> > No one else's ROM does all that. Most "big" computers load the kernel > off a hard disk, why couldn't this one? It's like a PocketPC - all the programs are stored in ROM. There isn't supposed to be a hard drive. However you do have CF slots with some of them. You can load bigger packages in CF and with a CF-IDE adapter I suppose you could tie it to a honkin' big 500 GB 3.5" HDD. You're right, I see no reason why you can't have software installed on the CF (or CF-IDE). > > Surely *some* way exists, since that's how every other computer does > it. Yes, I really ought to start playing with one of these things before I make statements like that. You just mount the CF/IDE drive using standard procedures for mounting a drive. > > You're right, that might be easier. Certainly shoe-horning Slimserver > into 64Mb would be a challenge at the moment, and there's no indication > they're moving in the direction of a smaller RAM footprint. And there's no way to increase the RAM. At least with the SOM/ PC/104 boards you can use standard RAM modules. The SOM / PC/104 gear isn't intended for consumers though, so it may be hard to get. This is all sounding like a complicated solution for a relatively simple problem. It may just be easier and cheaper to hack a NAS box. But it wouldn't be as fun. ;-) -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23496 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
