Re: [linuxdc-dev]Memory devices

[Adrian M. <ad...@mc...>]

On Saturday 09 Mar 2002 10:53 pm, M. R. Brown wrote:
> * Adrian McMenamin <ad...@mc...> on Sat, Mar 09, 2002:
> > I've just bought a 2MB and a 4MB memory card on ebay and was wondering
> > what the state of driver support for these and other devices (ie VMU) was
> > at.
> >
> > I remember a discussion about all this some time back on the list but it
> > didn't seem conclusive.
> >
> > I know one idea that was discussed was booting Linux off an image stored
> > on one of these devices - is that a realistic possibility?
>
> The 2MB and 4MB doesn't correspond to megabytes, unfortunately, and from my
> understanding those cards are bank-switched, which means you can't access
> the full 256k or 512k range without manually toggling a switch.  Heh, you
> might want to look up and see if anyone's ever done a CF to Maple adapter
>
> :P.
>
Sounds like I've been done. Oh well, c'est la vie and all that. CF? Don't 
understand that.


> M. R.