Yup, done that with Windows and Linux. The only real problem was trying to find a package that would install on a very small (<32MB) CF card. Eventually we just used bigger cards. Oh, you don;t have room for swap.
Vik :v) On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 21:18, Andrew Errington wrote: > I am building a mini-ITX box with a Compact Flash to IDE adaptor and 128Mb > Compact Flash card instead of a hard drive. By all accounts it'll look just > like a hard drive. I hope to install a non-M$ OS which might not be Linux, > but instead probably netBSD. So far as I can see, if the OS has a small > enough footprint, and care is taken not to 'wear out' the flash by not > allowing temp files or logs to be written to the flash drive "it'll just > work". > > My question to the team is "Has anyone tried this, and how did it go?" > > Thanks, > > Andy > > PS I'm trying to refrain from reminding people of Queen's soundtrack for the > Flash Gordon movie, but it's hard not to say it.
