Messages in this thread | | | From | Roger Larsson <> | Subject | Re: Linux booting from USB HD / USB interface devices | Date | Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:02:30 +0200 |
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On Saturday 27 July 2002 20.15, David Ford wrote: > Linux booting from USB HD > > I've been doing some research in this area. There are a few > motherboards that I've come across that are capable of booting from a > USB hard drive and I'm interested in collecting a lot of opinions and > "yeah, i've done that" comments. The end application for this is to > mount a motherboard in a 4x4 truck to process dash data and sensory > input (i.e. GPS, atmospheric, fire department data, etc), provide > digitized maps (GIS), network connectivity via wireless, and be the > radio/mp3/cd player etc.
Maybe you are asking for the wrong thing here... What you want is probably an "flash based persistent storage that can be booted from" not specifically USB - correct?
If that is the case - you do not want to use USB memory but rather CompactFlash - since they are both compatible with PCMCIA _and_ IDE. You only need a ribbon cable and a small adapter (the adapter is really simple)!
A quick search on google for "CompactFlash IDE" or "Compact flash IDE" will give you several hits.
Since they are compatible with IDE you can use any MB including most PC/104 variant - many of those can also be booted from DiskOnChip...
> > The most promising vendor I've found so far is Gigabyte, one of the > better motherboards appears to be the GA-8IGX model. > > _Please note_, I'm specifically trying to use a USB harddrive, not a > floppy. I want the smallest number of devices required to run the > system and floppy media is just too unreliable. I'm also intending on > putting the harddrive several feet away from the motherboard -- the > system's physical profile has to be flexible.
An compact flash IDE is VERY small... If you can not fit it in the case you have other problems...
/RogerL
-- Roger Larsson Skellefteå Sweden
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