DoC newbie

[lanas]

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 00:43:40 -0100 (GMT+1)
Jasmine Strong <jasmine at regolith.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Ilguiz Latypov wrote:

> > LILO would need disk I/O int 0x13 emulation.  Such layer is offered
> > by M-Sys.  I don't know if the source code for it is open.

> It isn't.  Furthermore, this list isn't the right place for discussing
> it, especially now that good free (and indeed Free) alternatives
> exist.

> > I saw messages on JFFS2 on NAND driver development in the MTD
> > mailing list archives.

> JFFS2 may not be the most appropriate filesystem for many NAND-based
> embedded applications.  yaffs is nicer in some ways, for some
> applications, and the nftl code has the advantage that grub groks nftl
> and so does the M-Systems DOS firmware...

Thanks for the replies, but what I really need is a very pratical
evaluation of the situation.  Do I say yes to buying many DoCs or do I
use simple IDE flash disks instead which I already got working and
booting.  If I see there's still a lot to be done regarding making DoCs
work with Linux then no problem.  The product has to be out in the
coming months, not in two years.  So this is why I was asking if there's
floating around a HOWTO of some sort or is this all 'still in the lab'
so to speak.

Cheers,

Al