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Old 05-08-2009, 11:31 AM   #123
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Originally Posted by crepi22 View Post
If we want to use a 2.6 kernel (and there are good reason for using one) I do not see how we can handle the DiskOnChip G3 (see here for exact description of the components.

I am afraid that the MTD driver for DOC 2000 or millenium cannot handle these. But I am not an MTD expert. Furthermore we cannot change everything because the bootloader expects a TFFS filesystem to boot from.
Wow, that link to the iSupply component breakdown of the iliad is superb. Thanks.

So, we would not have access to the contents of the DiskOnChip once booted in kernel 2.6, but the kernel and initrd can be housed inside the DiskOnChip with its TFFS filesystem. Is that so?

The only problem would be upgrading those files residing in the TFFS as we would have to boot into 2.4 to do the upgrade (using kexec? Or leaving a minimal system in the 2.4 TFFS and only boot/use that for updates/upgrades?).

I would favor having the minimal system in the TFFS with 2.4 and using that to do the upgrades, and using a CF card for the OS for normal booting. But if I'm not mistaken, that forces the usage of kexec (nalim did that work already, that works now) and that adds seconds to an already lengthy boot. Any thoughts?
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