Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 08:41:02 -0500 From: Pres Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] solid state disk
> > > > I think that to boot without moving parts you'd need a solid state > > replacement that is physically connected where the conventional HDD should > > be (or boot from the moving parts of the FDD). The concensus seems to be > > that to boot from the PCcard slots you'd need a new BIOS. > > It is not a consensus, it is a fact. > And if there is a consensus to ask a new BIOS, there is nobody to make it. Well, you DO boot from the PC Card slot... when you plug in a YE-Data External floppy. And the YE-Data company was cooperative in releasing its engineering information so that a linux driver could be written. Maybe it's not such a stretch to get bootability to a solid state HDD Pres Waterman, W2PW c/o Patchogue 112 Ford//Kia 112 Long Island Ford and Kia Dealer GO BILLS! ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
