Tapr is expensive for their IDE to CF adapter - cheaper here
http://www.pcengines.com/cflash.htm
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> May be this is what you are looking for
> It uses compact flash, and it seem to look as a hard drive!!!!
>
> http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fcfa.html
>
> There is an article on Linux Journal about using this www.linuxjournal.com
>
> Please report on this if used!!
>
> Sergio Morilla
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Enviado el: Thursday, June 14, 2001 15:40
> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Asunto: Re: [Leaf-user] FlashPath / 2.2.16 Kernel
>
> Question!
> How do you boot off a smart media device - since the kernel is not yet
> present and no modules extensions are available. It seems to me that the
> BIOS of the computer would have to support this device in order to boot.
> The page you pointed to says you are not allowed to write to the device with
> something like lilo - and presumably syslinux.
>
> I am sure you could boot off a standard 1.44 floppy and then change and
> mount the new media.
>
> Billy Jacobs wrote:
>
> > Hi--
> >
> > I was looking into moving from a diskette based Eiger router to a solid
> > state system. The compact flash solution seems like its the only
> > "mainstream" method of doing this, going by what I have read in the
> > various LRP docs.. I would like to use SmartMedia, however, and have
> > been looking into how this could be accomplished.
> >
> > I have found a device called a FlashPath, which is basically an adapter
> > which allows you to put the SmartMedia card into the diskette drive,
> > and access it as /dev/fd0. SmartDisk has a beta release linux driver
> > for the FlashPath which will work with any 2.2 and later based kernel.
> > Info can be found via PDF file at:
> >
> > http://www.smartdisk.com/Downloads/Software/LinuxInstallandUserGuide.pdf
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has compiled this flashpath.o driver for LRP,
> > and if so, where I could find it. I assume this would be compiled as a
> > loadable module, therefore no kernel changes would be needed.
> >
> > Besides the few minor shortcomings of using this product (sleep mode on
> > disk, not RO filesystem), I think there could be some very good
> > benefits to using this device.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Billy
>
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