Yes. Boot from CF works great! I've even set mine up with 3 partitions
(as in Neolinux/IGEL architecture ) as follows:
1. boot partition (never gets mounted - LILO tells BIOS where this is)
2. file systems - read only - all applications and necessary binaries go
here
3. user files - read / write partition
with a ram disk for /var files. Haven't cleaned up everything yet, but
it
boots and runs and ***you can turn if off***!! (as opposed to the silly
unix
shutdown stuff :-)
I'm using X / Netscape / Citrix / fvwm95 applications on a Media GX with
built-in LCD / USB / PCMCIA / Compact Flash / Touch screen. (all loaded
on
a 32MB CF)
This is built as a thin client with all the setup utility programs
written
using the FvwmScript capability: mouse / keyboard / screen / network /
startup / clock / touch calibration.
I'm not familiar with Cell Computing PlugNRun -ok..found it ... nice,
should work,
they have an IDE header (Try that with M-Systems :-o)
Let me know if you want any files - the whole thing is 12 MB compressed,
I can
ftp it somewhere....
Later,
Ralph
Richard Jennings wrote:
>
> Ralph,
>
> Are you able to boot from CF? IF so, can you detail your setup for me? I
> have a Cell Computing PlugNRun with a CF slot and it would be nice to be
> able to boot from it if that is supported by Linux.
>
> >It's best to use one IDE channel for the DOM only. Although, I gave up
> >using the IDE for development. The CF access using Floppy, USB or PCMCIA
> >interface devices are dynamic and easier to use than IDE. My CF resides
> >on IDE for our products operation, but never again for product
> >development.
> >
> >(BTW, as a commodity, CF will always be cheaper than M-Systems or DOM or
> >whatever other proprietary flash device comes out...volume wins every
> >time).
>
> TIA
> Richard
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>
> Richard Jennings
> Sandia National Labs
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