[CALUG] Loading DSL onto Compact Flash.

[Jason Dixon]

On Aug 17, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Peter Alexander wrote:

> Hello,
>   I have been trying to configure a system that uses an SBC with an
> on-board CompactFlash card reader. I have been able to load
> Damn Small Linux (DSL) onto it but have not been able to get it to  
> boot.
> Right now I've been using the Live-CD, to make
> configuration changes, but ultimately I would like to use a boot  
> floppy
> and USB ThumbDrive to load linux onto the CF.
>
> I was able to find instructions on how to load Slackware onto a CF,  
> but
> it has not been very useful since I'm trying to use DSL.

You mean Linux won't just see the CF as an IDE drive?  I can fit an  
entire OpenBSD installation in <180MB of space.  I just install from  
the CDROM and it sees the CF just like any other drive.  If I want to  
avoid writes to CF (not really necessary these days), I just mount a  
MFS partition.

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