check out:
http://www.m-sys.com
Click on Tech-Support and look for:
DiskOnChip Drivers for Linux
Download this Zip file and the LinuxApNote.PDF document will step you through
it. It works with Kernel V2.0.36 and probably with other kernels as well.
Good Luck
Warren Postma wrote:
>
> Is there a HOWTO on getting a PC-104 (small footprint 3 inch by 3 inch
> 80486 CPU card)
> CPU booted up in Linux? I am very RAM constrained at the moment as
> well, only 4 mb RAM
> and 4 MB of DiskOnChip flash storage. Perhaps It's a little bit silly,
> but the only way
> I can convince my employer to take embedded Linux seriously is to do a
> proof of concept
> on really minimal hardware.
>
> I've got a SmallLinux based kernel booting fine on the machine, off
> the A: drive, but
> for a decent proof of concept, I need to get a DiskOnChip2000 driver
> added into the
> kernel and I need to boot from the device, and probably have to enable
> the serial console
> feature, so that I can disconnect the video card from the device and
> run headless.
>
> Has anyone got any resources that might get me started in the right
> direction?
>
> I know that Linux will boot and run on this hardware, it's just a
> matter of getting a
> kernel plus a writeable root filesystem mounted on that disk-on-chip
> device.
>
> What would be really nice is to leave the FAT filesystem that is
> onboard the controller.
>
> Here is a short list of questions:
>
> 1) How do I get Linux to recognize the DiskOnChip?
>
> 2) How do I copy a kernel image or the boot disk onto the DiskOnChip?
>
> 3) How do I mount a writeable root-filesystem onto the DiskOnChip?
>
> 4) How can I tell how much RAM is left for user-applications when I'm
> done?
> This will tell me the footprint of the kernel and daemons I'm
> running
> and how much RAM is left for user applications. Even if it's only
> 100K
> left for applications, I don't care. It's just a proof of concept.
> I'll have
> undeniable evidence that Linux runs in small cramped quarters, and
> I can then
> stretch out to a 70 mb DiskOnChip disk and 32 MB of RAM if I need
> to.
>
> Warren
