From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14OI1R-0007wN-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2001 11:35:29 +0000 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14OI1Q-0007wH-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2001 11:35:28 +0000 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <001701c08be1$0c1be0f0$8412f2c3@drakanworkst> References: <001701c08be1$0c1be0f0$8412f2c3@drakanworkst> To: "Andrey Glazunov" Cc: mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: lrp booting from M-Systems ISA flash card Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 11:35:21 +0000 Message-ID: <1464.981027321@redhat.com> Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: lhfrjgtn@peterlink.ru said: > the main question - i need only boot from this flash card but not use > it as hardrive (drive), are there any ideas how to prevent system's > hang ? I think it's probably hanging because the built-in BIOS extension takes up too much memory. Can you try a newer version of SYSLINUX or using loadlin instead? The kernel patches won't help you get it booting, but you may to be able to use the flash card from within Linux - it was the first device ever supported by the MTD code, although I had a 4MiB version. If the bitrot hasn't got to it yet, try doc1000.c - you may need to hardcode the size of the device and the physical location at which it's found. You'll also want to enable FTL (not NFTL). -- dwmw2 To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org