RE: [iPAQ] "Dual Boot"

What I was thinking was that if you have a network connection you could
forgo having the os local and mount via nfs or such when networked and
use an ibm microdrive on the go.

Eric

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Dirk van Hennekeler wrote:

> > if you have a network connection then must the OS be local also?
> Yes that sounds like a good option. I believe the same
> bootldr code base can be used for booting the skiffs over the
> network. So, that may be a good starting point.
>
> Just for the record, I'm not actively looking into anything
> to do with dual booting just giving a little information in case
> anyone thinks this is worthwhile and starts hacking...
>
> Regards,
> Dirk
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Fort [mailto:efort@fortconsulting.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 4:24 PM
> > To: Noel J. Bergman
> > Cc: Mark Crichton; Dirk van Hennekeler; ipaq@handhelds.org;
> > france@crl.dec.com; jamey@crl.dec.com
> > Subject: RE: [iPAQ] "Dual Boot"
> >
> >
> >
> > > Using a CF to hold and boot Linux seems reasonable. However,
> > at some point
> > > I'm thinking that it would be necessary to be able to shuttle
> > Pocket PC and
> > > Linux off of CF.
> > >
> > > The reason for that is I am thinking that if we are booting Linux from
> > CF,
> > > then the CF slot is occupied, and unavailable for other cards (e.g., an
> > > Ethernet card).
> > >
> > > --- Noel
> >
> >
> > if you have a network connection then must the OS be local also?
> >
> > Just A thought,
> >
> > Eric
> > >
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Received on Tue Oct 10 06:24:19 2000