On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Edin Bektesevic wrote:
> I noticed the "ROM FS" compilation alternative in the new kernel
> 2.2.5.
>
> Does it mean that it can boot from an "ordinary" ROM? Has anyone
> played with this? How does it work? It would save my company a *lot*
> of $$$... ;-)
This is File System, quite simplified good for small partitions. Can be put
on any block device like floppy, hard disk, etc.
What you need is ROM block device driver. There exist such patches, but one
has to search for them. Look into pcmcia-cs package - there is a driver for
pcmcia flash cards, should be quite similiar to other flash devices.
--
Tomek
