I don't really know about the current flash card u are using but i suggest if you want to keep everything solid state look into ide and usb interface cards such as these find a local distributor
http://www.m-sys.com/site/en-US/Products/DiskOnChip/DiskOnChip using the usb interface is the quickest but ide devices are also avaliable personally i wouldn't look at pcmcia hdd, it's just not as efficient. Hanni On 30/09/05, David F. Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have put together a PC/104 system that I intend to run gentoo on > and I am starting to work on putting together the OS. I'm just not > entirely certain on the best way to boot it. > > The CPU module has a 2M flash chip that currently boots DOS. I also > have a PCMCIA PC/104 module that has a bios for booting off cards > and a 24M flash card from an old Cisco Catalyst switch. > > Does anyone know if the Cisco Flash card can be used to boot a linux > OS or should I abandon that and look for something like a PCMCIA > hard drive? I am attempting to keep everything solid state. > > I have a gentoo laptop which I am using to try and format the Cisco > flash card using the pcmciamtd driver. It seems to recognize the card > but mke2fs just hangs on it. > > Any pointers are appreciated. Thanks. > > Regards > -- > gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: 07985580147 Website: www.ainkaboot.co.uk -- gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list
