Re: Direct boot from compact flash?

On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 15:21 +0200, Ronald Claveau wrote:

>
> Is it possible to boot from a CF card instead of an SD one?
> (Using the method where the device numbers for a second
> partition are given in the root=... kernel option.) Is there
> any kernel reconfiguring involved?
>
>
> Be sure loox720_cs module is loaded.
>
> --
> MaTTh

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I found the module
loox720_pcmcia, I take it that is the one?

Besides that I needed ide_core, ide_cs and ide_disk. For now at least I
get my partitions when I insert the card.

A couple of questions about the loox720_pcmcia module: When I modprobe
it, the left LED starts flashing green... Probably intended for
debugging? Also, even with no CF-card in the loox a PCMCIA card is
detected in slot 0 when this module is loaded (the 'real' CF being slot
1)... Anybody know what this is about?

Best regards,
Jacob Nielsen
Received on Thu Sep 20 2007 - 01:41:50 EDT