On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Florian Echtler wrote: > I've just read the entire LinuxBIOS web site and first, congratulations > on your good work. However, I've got one question left: in the SiS HOWTO, > you describe using a DiskOnChip instead of the original flash chip. Why?
That was Ollie's good idea. The reason is simple. The FLASH part can old 512KB. DoC can hole 8MB. Flash is just barely big enough for a really tiny kernel. DoC is big enough for a kernel plus lots of modules plus root files system. It makes like wonderful to have DoC. ron
