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Booting Linux from DiskOnChip HOWTO
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2. Reference configuration

We used the following hard- and software:

  1. VIA Eden CPU 1GHz clock speed 256MB RAM

  2. RTD Enhanced Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility (v6.00.04.1601)

  3. Kernel 2.4.18 source code downloaded from www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4

  4. 256 MB M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000 TSOP (MD2202-D256)

  5. M-Systems TrueFFS Linux driver version 5.1.4 from http://www.m-sys.com/site/en-US/Support/SoftwareDownload/Driver+Download.htm?driver=linux_binary.5_1_4.tgz

  6. LILO version 22.3.2 (distributed with driver)

  7. DiskOnChip DOS utilities version 5.1.4 and BIOS driver version 5.1.4 from http://www.m-sys.com/site/en-US/Support/SoftwareDownload/TrueFFS5.x/BIOSDOSdriverandtools.htm

  8. Dual bootable Hard Disk with Knoppix 3.9 and Windows XP using Grub 0.96 as the Boot Loader

  9. GNU GCC-2.95.3

  10. Latest root_fs_i386 image from http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/root_fs_i386.ext2.bz2 or http://www.uclibc.org/downloads/root_fs_i386.ext2.tar.gz

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