DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: Disk On Chip Support



Has anyone recompiled the Kernel to include M-Systems DiskOnChip support?

For those unfamiliar, the DOC is a solid state Flash thingy that emulates a disk drive in DOS, and can be easily made to plug into a Network Card -
http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin....ost=986

However, the 32bit linux kernel doesnt understand the DOS bios extension and needs a kernel mode driver.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=8752473528

The DOCs are commonly used on thin clients with Windows CE, and it would be nice to install DSL instead.

I know the kernel is already a bit big, but it might be an idea to include the DOC driver as is not very large.

Cheers, Vincent
Ummm.....have you been looking at the forums at all?!?

There is a new invention called a CFDISK which is a solid state Harddrive!  It is in effect a HUGE A$$ DISK ON CHIP!!!!!!!!

To see it in operation in a fanless quiet ultra micro device...please check out the most excellent Nano-ITX Computer The Damn Small Machine



Smaller than a MICRO ITX!!!!!!!!!!!

Brian
AwPhuch
Hi
I haven't tried for a while but in previous versions it was already compiled in.  You did need to download the GNU utils to mknod the following devices then mount them.

brw-rw-r--    1 root     root      93,   0 Jun 14  2005 nftla
brw-rw-r--    1 root     root      93,   1 Jun 14  2005 nftla1

Good luck
It looks like it still works in version 2.0
   

                             cfdisk 2.11z

                            Disk Drive: /dev/nftla
                         Size: 73891840 bytes, 73 MB
              Heads: 16   Sectors per Track: 9   Cylinders: 1002

   Name        Flags      Part Type  FS Type          [Label]        Size (MB)
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                           Pri/Log   Free Space                          73.88











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Cool! I will buy a DiskOnChip from Ebay and give it a go.
I wasnt interested in IDE flash disk replacements since they are more expensive than the $20 that a used DOC costs.

I doubt the frugal install script will work, as the bootloader needs to be special. If anyone else tries this, see
http://lakeshoremicro.com/diskonchip-grub-howto.html

Thanks for your help, Vincent
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