On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, SirDibos wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Jon Rabone wrote: > > >Or if anyone interested, make up a special ROM with kernel etc in it, so > > >the machine will boot from ROM... Has anyone done this? > > > You'd need about 512 kB of ROM. Where are you going to put it? Ethercard > > boot ROMS are more like 16 kB. > > Bugger that. How about 4 megs? And make it an EPROM..... stash the > kernel and a basic root fs in there.... update as necessary with a rom > burner. What would it take to procure a motherboard that supported that? I think this thread has strayed away from debian-devel material. However, I've seen ads for "rom-disk" or "DOS-in-ROM" cards. These typically provide floppy-sized ROM (no reason it can't be more), and emulate a floppy controller. The machine treats the ROM on the card like a floppy disk -- boots from it, etc. A minimal system (e.g., the debian "resq" disk) could fit on one of these cards, or an arbitraily larger system if more ROM was provided. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .