Subject: Re: small PCMCIA computer boot
To: Bri <simian@replic.net>
From: John Maier <jmaier@midamerica.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/16/2001 17:40:29
> You can purchase compact flash drives that talk to your computer as any
> normal IDE device would (you can also modify a standard compactflash
> readerbay to do that, but it requires re-wiring of the cables.)
I have 6 quad (2 front, 2back) PCMCIA ISA cards out of some old PS/2E (pizza
box). I wonder what the viability of these cards would be?
I know they aren't IBM, because I remember seeing these guys for sale back in
'94, some OEM deal I'm sure....
I guess I need to plug one of these in and see if NetBSD can see it, it has two
Intel SE82365SL chips on board.
This rewire you spoke of, what is it and where do I find it?
>
> If you got one of these, it would be identical to a IDE drive from the
> point of view of the BIOS and NetBSD so I see no reason why it shoulden't
> work.
>
That was my thought.
jam