From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12463 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2005 16:04:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Received: (qmail 12449 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jul 2005 16:04:15 -0000 Received: from omr5.netsolmail.com (HELO omr5.netsolmail.com) (216.168.230.142) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:04:15 +0000 Received: from ms5.netsolmail.com (IDENT:mirapoint@[216.168.230.178]) by omr5.netsolmail.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6BG4Dqp028519 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:04:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rivatek.dnsalias.net (rrcs-67-52-40-201.west.biz.rr.com [67.52.40.201]) by ms5.netsolmail.com (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with ESMTP id DTA98884; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:04:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: by rivatek.dnsalias.net (Postfix, from userid 501) id 466854937F; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 11:04:12 -0500 (CDT) To: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org From: Grant Edwards In-Reply-To: <42D29269.1050709@cse.iitb.ac.in> References: <20050711114120.GC15048@lunn.ch> <20050711143719.CB4FD4936B@rivatek.dnsalias.net> <42D29269.1050709@cse.iitb.ac.in> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:04:00 -0000 Message-Id: <20050711160412.466854937F@rivatek.dnsalias.net> Subject: [ECOS] Re: A suitable x86 based board X-SW-Source: 2005-07/txt/msg00119.txt.bz2 In gmane.os.ecos.general, you wrote: > What I meant was that so far with i386 PC as target I had been booting > using FLOPPY + Redboot. > > Can I do away with the floppy drive and boot the pc/board and > load the application using ideflash and/or usb pendrive ?? You can boot from anything your BIOS supports booting from. If your flash memory emulates an IDE disk drive, then you should be able to boot from it. If your BIOS supports booting from USB mass-storage devices, then you can boot from the pen drive. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I OWN six pink at HIPPOS!! visi.com -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss