[Fwd: Re: DiskOnChip Questions]

[Michael Robinson]

 From what I've read on Via's site the EPIAs use a 2/4Mbit ROM, what is 
the limiting factor as to how big the ROM can be?

Michael Robinson
mrobinson at fuzzymuzzle.com
www.fuzzymuzzle.com

Hendricks David W. wrote:

>My mistake, I'm thinking of the 8Mb ROMs I use for other mainboards. Can 
>an EPIA take a SST49LF080? Those aren't too expensive, and you can fit a 
>decent-sized 2.6 kernel alongside LinuxBIOS on one.
>
>On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Larry Matter wrote:
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>>>If you want a stripped
>>>kernel to fit alongside LinuxBIOS on your BIOS ROM, you can do that as
>>>well (Look at targets/arima/hdama/Config.kernelimage.lb for an example).
>>>      
>>>
>>Last time I looked (or "googled" rather) it was not possible to squeeze a
>>kernel (plus linuxBios) into a 2 megabit bios rom.  Has this changed or
>>are you talking about mobos with bigger roms?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Larry
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