So I'd flash FILO to the BIOS, then it would load the LinuxBIOS kernel image, and then the kernel image would do whatever you want LinuxBIOS to do, right? Or am I wrong... It says FILO loads a "boot image", whats the definition of a "boot image", is it just the kernel?
Thanks, Michael Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.fuzzymuzzle.com
Larry Matter wrote:
what
does the DiskOnChip provide to the LinuxBIOs project that the standard
flash chip can't?
More than 2 megabits of storage.
My second is that I'm going to be using the VIA EPIA
MII motherboard which has a PLCC BIOS, as far as I can tell PLCC
DiskOnChips aren't very readily available. Should I use a DIP to PLCC
adapter; how did the other people who used this board do it?
The trend seems to be NOT to use DiskOnChip but rather a CF <> IDE
adapter. Using FILO you can boot from the CF.
My final
question is how do I pick the size of the DiskOnChip.
So if you're going to go for the CF <> IDE, then it just needs to be as big as your root partition (or even just an initrd). There are many other alternatives depending on network, disk, etc.
And if you've been following this list for a bit you'll know that you can't (yet) boot off of the CF adapter on the EPIA MII.
One last word of advice, get a bios savior.
Larry
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