On Wednesday 08 January 2003 9:37 pm, Alessio Sangalli wrote: > what about that disc on chip device: how much does it cost more or less?
In the UK they cost about GBP20 - so I guess that's about EUR30 / USD30 in the rest of the world... > Why can't we use a normal FLASH memory like the ones used to store a > standard BIOS? Because they do not have a large enough capacity. Standard BIOS chips are 2megabits (= 32 kilobytes), which is not neough to hold a Linux kernel. > I can think those chips provide particular features, but > which ones exactly? The main thing which DoC does which you can't do with standard Flash Roms is to format them as a Silicon Disc, and put a file system into them. > Aren't common flash/eeprom chips much easier to find > and cheaper to buy? Yes, but they're too small. > An external programmer could be needed (like for the > eproms of etherboot) but most people could have access to such a device. You can program a Flash Rom chip on your motherboard - no external programmer needed - that's how you upgrade the BIOS even if you're not doing anything with LinuxBIOS. Antony. -- If you want to be happy for an hour, get drunk. If you want to be happy for a year, get married. If you want to be happy for a lifetime, get a garden. _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
