Ollie Lho wrote:
> David Edwards wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to put together a MP3 "appliance", using a highly integrated
>> motherboard (such as, say, one based on the SiS730S), with no local disks
>> (ethernet link to NFS server), that boots fast and can survive being
>> treated like a stereo component (turned off without warning, for
>> instance), and am wondering if LinuxBIOS is a good fit for me.
>>
>>
>> Secondly, am I correct in assuming that the DiskOnChip is a seperate
>> device from the flash BIOS that is being removed, and LinuxBIOS only will
>> work with a DiskOnChip device?
>>
> For the moment LinuxBIOS only works with DoC for SiS chipsets.
>
If you're interested in working with just a standard flash device rather
than the DOC it is possible, but you'll have to pick up where we left
off and write some code to have it work again. Everyone here has been
too busy or happy with using the DOC for the time being.
>
>> Third... Just to make absolutely certain, the directions do say to remove
>> the existing BIOS from the system while the power is on, and then plug the
>> DiskOnChip into the BIOS socket, correct?
>>
>
>
> That is right. Read the warnning statesment first.
>
>
>> Lastly, is there a cheap source for the DiskOnChip device? Press releases
>> from the M-Systems web site suggest that their goal is about $1/megabyte,
>> but the cheapest I seem to be able to find for an 8M device is $40.
>
>
> AFAIK, no. The only way to get real cheap DoC is contact M-System
> directly
> and buy in volume.
>
> Ollie
For embedded apps with a tight budget the use of standard flash over the
DOC makes sense, only it will take some work on your part to make it
work again.
Bari
