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scotty1024 · 12-14-2006, 06:00 AM

While I'm sure iRex is confidently moving forwards with their concept in how to do an iLiad restore, and this will have a useful place for developers and users alike...

As I was re-hacking my iLiad a thought came to me, especially in light of the root fs space crisis.

What if developers could boot the iLiad from an ext2 CF instead of the Sandisk Disk on Chip?

I looked at the code in linuxrc and other than some possible needed extra modprobes to have the kernel ready to mount the CF the concept looks trivial to implement.

This concept could also possibly make development internally at iRex easier as well. For us external developers it would mean we could reload our bricked CF cards and be back up very quickly.

One possible fringe benefit: faster boots. I've benchmarked my Sandisk 4GB CF card as faster on the iLiad than the Sandisk Disk on Chip.

12-14-2006, 06:00 AM	#1
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	Unbrickable Developer Iliad Idea While I'm sure iRex is confidently moving forwards with their concept in how to do an iLiad restore, and this will have a useful place for developers and users alike... As I was re-hacking my iLiad a thought came to me, especially in light of the root fs space crisis. What if developers could boot the iLiad from an ext2 CF instead of the Sandisk Disk on Chip? I looked at the code in linuxrc and other than some possible needed extra modprobes to have the kernel ready to mount the CF the concept looks trivial to implement. This concept could also possibly make development internally at iRex easier as well. For us external developers it would mean we could reload our bricked CF cards and be back up very quickly. One possible fringe benefit: faster boots. I've benchmarked my Sandisk 4GB CF card as faster on the iLiad than the Sandisk Disk on Chip.