How do you boot from a CF-Flash disk on a MobilePro 770?  I've just
picked up one of these boxes recently, and I don't know how to do the
most basic things.  Help!

-russ


Josef Kormann <josefkormann@compuserve.com> writes:

> Toshiba released a 2GB PC-Card which looks almost identical to the Kingston
> Harddisk.
> ! BUT you CAN'T use it as ROOT drive in a MobilePro 770 ! The circuitry of
> MP770 isn't capable
> of running PC-Cards with power specs that exceed the values of IBM's 1G
> Microdrive.
> After booting from a CF-Flash Disk it is possible to insert the Toshiba
> Harddrive (or an old 340MB Microdrive) as 2nd drive
> and mount it as /usr or whatever you want - but NEC MobilePro 770 and Sharp
> Mobilon Tripad and Vadem Clio 1000
> are not able to supply the power peak when the kernel probes hardware
> during the boot process.
> NEC Mobile Pro 780 and Vadem Clio 1050 have improved power circuits and are
> expected to cope with 2GB PC-Card Harddisks.
> (Further reading: Bug report 11049)
> 
> Additional question: Has anyone tried to use icewm yet ?
> 
> Best regards,
> Josef Kormann
> email: josefkormann@compuserve.com
> email experimental: joe@swanisle.de
> 

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