Tom Sylla wrote: > markw wrote: >> Ok, talking to guys on IRC and they said to post up here. I've been >> challenged to see if I can come up with a system that boots in sub 10 >> seconds to a command prompt with networking. I'm sitting on a few Kino >> LX800 boards that we use for other projects, but I'm willing to >> sacrifice one for this. > > I would bet you can achieve that goal with that board. > >> The board has sata onboard using an ALI M5281 controller. It also uses >> the geode CS5536 ide controller, so the sata stuff may not be an issue. > > A Compactflash card on the IDE interface is you best bet for easy speed. > >> I'd like to to LB and kernel in flash, but if the hardware won't suppor >> a 16mbit flash, then I'll do lb/filo and boot from CF over the standard >> ide channel. The board currently has a 49fl004 socketed flash. Plan on >> using a stripped down debian install, since that's the only one I can >> reliably shrink. > > The 5536 on that board will support up to a 256MB boot ROM, and 2MB LPC > ROMs are pretty accessible now. >
Ok, the board has a plcc 32 rom socket on it, so it looks like I'm limited to 8mbit without constructive surgery and adding address lines. Looks like a LB/Filo setup booting off parallel compact flash. Any good sources for spare flash roms? Digikey? Thanks, Mark -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
