As long as I know the only difference is that FLSADP2 will accept IBM
Microdrives.
If that is important to you then its a big difference!!
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Enviado el: Thursday, June 14, 2001 18:30
> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Asunto: RE: [Leaf-user] FlashPath / 2.2.16 Kernel
>
>
> Is it any differences from the following?
>
> http://www.dansdata.com/cfide.htm
>
> Bao
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:11 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [Leaf-user] FlashPath / 2.2.16 Kernel
> > Importance: High
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Enviado el: Thursday, June 14, 2001 15:40
> > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Asunto: Re: [Leaf-user] FlashPath / 2.2.16 Kernel
> >
> > 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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