Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-11-08 Thread Erich Titl
Brock this is kind of late, being off the list for a while... At 23:30 30.10.2003, Brock Nanson wrote: Lynn, I now use the dd command regularly. Once I have a working image, I dd it off the CF for safekeeping, in case I ever need to create another (RSA keys are a PITA to cut and paste etc.)

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-31 Thread John P. Looney
On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 22:30, Brock Nanson wrote: Lynn, I now use the dd command regularly. Once I have a working image, I dd it off the CF for safekeeping, in case I ever need to create another (RSA keys are a PITA to cut and paste etc.) should the first fail. As far as using different

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread John P. Looney
On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 21:42, Steve Wright wrote: I'm looking to have a LEAF box running Quagga (the forked version of Zebra), and CF would be a lot nicer than a floppy. OT /me wondering, why the forked version? Zebra has pretty much stopped being developed; the guys who submitted loads of

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread John P. Looney
On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 20:11, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: Typically, you don't 'dd' an image onto a CF card. You would normally treat the CF card as a hard-disk. Once you partition format a suitable area of the CF card, you can copy the syslinux boot-loader and the files that make up the

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread Jaime Nebrera Herrera
Hi John, Does anyone have LEAF images that can be 'dd' onto a CF card? What size ones are needed ? Lince is just a branch of Bering that makes it easier to install it in devices bigger than a floppy. In our case we developed it preciselly to run in a CF. You just need to install Quagga.

RE: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread Dave Hunt
I've fount the easiest way to get LEAF onto a CF is to use the guide at http://chinese-watercolor.com/LRP/hd/ Cheers, Dave. www.me2000.net --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread Andrea Montefusco
Dave Hunt wrote: I've fount the easiest way to get LEAF onto a CF is to use the guide at http://chinese-watercolor.com/LRP/hd/ Dave, the server is not responding: do you have a cached copy ? Or may be you know a secondary site... TIA *am*

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread Larry Platzek
PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash Dave Hunt wrote: I've fount the easiest way to get LEAF onto a CF is to use the guide at http://chinese-watercolor.com/LRP/hd/ Dave, the server is not responding: do you have a cached copy ? Or may be you know

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread Lynn Avants
On Thursday 30 October 2003 02:35 am, John P. Looney wrote: [...] Hmm. But it's a lot handier to use 'dd' than anything else. I used to work for a company called Antefacto; we did our own linux distro (based on redhat 7.2, I think), that had a nice build script. Pretty much; [...] It makes

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread John P. Looney
On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 14:58, Lynn Avants wrote: On Thursday 30 October 2003 02:35 am, John P. Looney wrote: [...] Hmm. But it's a lot handier to use 'dd' than anything else. I used to work for a company called Antefacto; we did our own linux distro (based on redhat 7.2, I think), that had

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread Brock Nanson
a kernel without the write ability would be useful. Build the box, configure, then replace the kernel on the CF. Next boot it's write-protected. Not sure if or how easy such a change would be. Brock Message: 8 From: Lynn Avants [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [leaf-user] LEAF

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-30 Thread Lynn Avants
On Thursday 30 October 2003 04:30 pm, Brock Nanson wrote: [...] As far as using different size CF, I dd'd an 8MB image onto a 16MB card the other day (none of my 8MB cards could be recognized in this particular box). No issues that I saw. When I took my usual completed copy for backup, the

[leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-29 Thread John P. Looney
Does anyone have LEAF images that can be 'dd' onto a CF card? What size ones are needed ? I'm looking to have a LEAF box running Quagga (the forked version of Zebra), and CF would be a lot nicer than a floppy. John --- This SF.net email

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-29 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
John P. Looney wrote: Does anyone have LEAF images that can be 'dd' onto a CF card? What size ones are needed ? I'm looking to have a LEAF box running Quagga (the forked version of Zebra), and CF would be a lot nicer than a floppy. Typically, you don't 'dd' an image onto a CF card. You would

Re: [leaf-user] LEAF on compact flash

2003-10-29 Thread Steve Wright
On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 08:44, John P. Looney wrote: Does anyone have LEAF images that can be 'dd' onto a CF card? What size ones are needed ? be careful 'dd'ing images to a flash disk. it's kinda easy to trash the boot block, and it's rather a long road to fix that. I'm looking to have a