Is it any differences from the following?
http://www.dansdata.com/cfide.htm
Bao
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> Subject: RE: [Leaf-user] FlashPath / 2.2.16 Kernel
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> May be this is what you are looking for
> It uses compact flash, and it seem to look as a hard drive!!!!
>
> http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fcfa.html
>
> There is an article on Linux Journal about using this
> www.linuxjournal.com
>
> Please report on this if used!!
>
> Sergio Morilla
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> Enviado el: Thursday, June 14, 2001 15:40
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> Asunto: Re: [Leaf-user] FlashPath / 2.2.16 Kernel
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> Question!
> How do you boot off a smart media device - since the kernel is not yet
> present and no modules extensions are available. It seems to
> me that the
> BIOS of the computer would have to support this device in
> order to boot.
> The page you pointed to says you are not allowed to write to
> the device with
> something like lilo - and presumably syslinux.
>
> I am sure you could boot off a standard 1.44 floppy and then
> change and
> mount the new media.
>
> Billy Jacobs wrote:
>
> > Hi--
> >
> > I was looking into moving from a diskette based Eiger
> router to a solid
> > state system. The compact flash solution seems like its the only
> > "mainstream" method of doing this, going by what I have read in the
> > various LRP docs.. I would like to use SmartMedia,
> however, and have
> > been looking into how this could be accomplished.
> >
> > I have found a device called a FlashPath, which is
> basically an adapter
> > which allows you to put the SmartMedia card into the diskette drive,
> > and access it as /dev/fd0. SmartDisk has a beta release
> linux driver
> > for the FlashPath which will work with any 2.2 and later
> based kernel.
> > Info can be found via PDF file at:
> >
> >
> http://www.smartdisk.com/Downloads/Software/LinuxInstallandUse
rGuide.pdf
>
> I was wondering if anyone has compiled this flashpath.o driver for LRP,
> and if so, where I could find it. I assume this would be compiled as a
> loadable module, therefore no kernel changes would be needed.
>
> Besides the few minor shortcomings of using this product (sleep mode on
> disk, not RO filesystem), I think there could be some very good
> benefits to using this device.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Billy
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