Loading OS from Flash ROM.

ron minnich rminnich at lanl.gov
Fri Jul 18 10:03:00 CEST 2003


On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, John Praveen wrote:

>                         I am new to linux bios. My project is based on
> geode chip. I want my linux OS to be in Flash ROM(capacity 4 MB). 

I have sad news. You can't get a 4 MB chip on that board, I bet. It is 
probably 4 Mbits, 512 KB. You'll have to put that overweight linux kernel 
on a diet to get it to fit in there. 

One option is 2.4.0 or so, that might fit.

Can DoC fit on your geode anywhere?

ron




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