Hi Marvin,
Can you give the list more information about your hardware? For example, is it restricted to "hard disk" devices only? Or are there other alternative options to booting up your device using a non-disk-type media? You can start also by checking your BIOS if it supports other boot source/s like a USB device for example. You may also pry open your Carputer to physically inspect your SBC if the external casing does not show such ports, but the BIOS says otherwise. I had luck for far, with the use of a well partitioned (512M or 1G) CF, that is divided into minix (boot image partition), ext3 (datafile partition), and a small ratio is even devoted to a 128M swapfs (for 1G CF). As side note, I personally would not select an SBC, with BIOS that can only boot up from a hard disk, and use it for the purpose of developing a CarPC project. Regards, Vic > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:08:17 +0800 > From: "Marvin Pascual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] Mobile Computing - Best Linux > filesystem > configuration > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) > Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Carlos Yu > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My carputer just arrived with Windows XP installed. I > want to replace > > it with Linux and need advice on the type of file > system I should use. > > Keep in mind that the unit will be banged around a lot > in Manila roads > > and disk errors may occur. I also need advice on what > type of startup > > process I should be running to automatically correct > disk errors during > > bootup. > > > > I started logging the progress of this project in > > http://www.cywareinc.com/carputer/index.html if any of > you want to know > > more. Thanks. > > You may want to consider building your project using > OpenEmbedded > <http://www.openembedded.org/>. > > You can also find relevant information on the following > sites: > > [1] Anatomy of Linux Flash Filesystems > <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-flash-filesystems/> > [2] Memory Technology Devices > <http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/> > [3] Real-Time Linux Foundation > <http://www.realtimelinuxfoundation.org/> > [4] Embedded Linux Wiki <http://elinux.org/> > > Good luck! > > Regards, > > Marvin _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
