From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 12ZZGL-0000R2-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:08:57 +0100 Received: from gate.mvhi.com ([194.205.184.34] helo=server.axiom.internal) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 12ZZGK-0000Qw-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:08:56 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <38DF5BE8.1700BEE8@zentropix.com> References: <38DF5BE8.1700BEE8@zentropix.com> To: Trevor Woolven Cc: MTD Subject: Re: GRUB vs LILO Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:08:55 +0100 Message-ID: <1389.954162535@devel2.axiom.internal> Sender: owner-mtd@imladris.demon.co.uk List-ID: trevw@zentropix.com said: > > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x800, size=0x88440] > Selected item cannot fit into memory This is because the M-Systems firmware takes up a large chunk of your system RAM for caching block attributes - this is proportional to the size of the DiskOnChip, naturally. The code I'm currently hacking into Grub will drive the DiskOnChip directly, so you can remove the M-Systems firmware. My Grub code doesn't do any caching - so it'll be a tad slower, but it'll work on bigger devices. -- dwmw2 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org