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Hi folks, I'm trying to make a CompactFlash bootable with SYSLINUX. The hard part is that I'm trying to run SYSLINUX on Windows 2000 and am attempting to write to the compactflash that's plugged in via a USB reader/writer. Its not working -- Windows complains about the 16-bit subsystem wanting direct access to the drive. So then...

Hello! I'm using a CompactFlash as storage device. Since those CF cards only have limited write cycles (CF does wear-levelling by itself, but you don't want to write too many timet so the card) i was wondering by what a factor the journaling of ext3 increases the write accesses to the CompactFlash compared to ext2. Thanks...

Hi folks, I'm having problems now with the Win32 syslinux in the 2.0.6 release when using it on various CompactFlash drives. These drives end up going into a Geode-based PC board with a built in CF slot. Now, before I run SYSLINUX.EXE on them, they are 32MB with a Toshiba part number showing up when the PC boots. They show up on as the Secondary Master. After I run SYSLINUX.EXE, they stay 32MB, but they then...

I've just updated to a snapshot of 4.9-PRERELEASE. The usb/umass support seems *much* more stable than I found it with 4.8. My Oracom USB MP3 player now works without errors, and achieves up to 400KB/sec throughput. However, if I connect my Belkin CompactFlash reader instead, that's very, very slow indeed. The greatest data rate I see is about 4KB/sec, although no errors are reports. Needless to say, this works much faster under Windows :( Any suggestions gratefully received: mkn@shrewd$ sudo camcontrol inquiry da0 pass0: <OEI-USB CompactFl...

SYSLINUX 2.10 2004-06-18 That is all I get when I boot my system off a CompactFlash card in an IDE adapter, no matter how long I wait. What debugging steps are recommended? I'm willing to get down and dirty with assembler, and I'd appreciate suggestions of what to suspect and where to start. Details: This is a Crucial 128MB CompactFlash card in a non-hot-swap CF-IDE ad...

...for the first time in a while. The stuff just works, so there's no reason to come to the website, eh? :) Anyway, the first line is "The SYSLINUX Project covers lightweight bootloaders for floppy media (SYSLINUX)", and I think that this needs to be expanded a bit. I use SYSLINUX on CompactFlash, and it works great because together with loopback file systems, its possible to put an entire linux system onto a stock FAT-formatted CompactFlash without reformatting it and losing Windows-access capability. So I'd just like to point out that SYSLINUX would be better described now as a light...

Hello, I have a question about ext3 write activity. I am considering using an ext3 fs on a CompactFlash disk for my data-logging application (power can disapear anytime). The quantity & frequency of the data logged itself is not a problem at all considering flash wear. But I'm a bit worried about the kernel/ext3 doing regular writes by itself even when there are no userspace writes. (worrie...

Does anyone know how much space the appliance has for voicemail and/or logs? Doesn't have an embedded disk from what I can see, and only a 1G flash card? -- Barry D. Hassler President, HCST http://www.hcst.net/ 937-427-9000 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

...use a big, noisy PC to run Asterisk, I'd like to offer an alternative that has the following features: - not old hardware sold on eBay, ie. it must be up-to-date hardware sold by a company currently in business - compact, silent - has room for a 2.5" hard-disk, but if not, must provide a CompactFlash plug - ideally, room for a PCI card, possibly laid down with a riser to save space - total cost (shipping + VAT) < 200 euro If it's cheaper and not much work, I don't mind buying the parts and putting the box together myself, but otherwise, I'd rather order a complete box, ready-to-...

Hello I think syslinux is great and just downloaded 2.00 and will start using it in a couple of days. 1. We use an IDE<->compactflash-adapter in our target-system. We use a USB-compact-flash reader/writer(SanDisk/ImageMate) on our linux-host to write the flash. It appears in the Linux-system as '/dev/sda', and we can use syslinux and mount for copying kernel, syslinux.cfg and our initial-ramdisk. This works very elegant....

I've been thinking of making a (mostly) solid-state asterisk pbx. Take either centos or some other distro, cut it down to bare minimum and put asterisk + AMP on. Something that could be put onto a usb2.0 flash stick, bootable. Modern flash devices (usb, compactflash) have builtin wear leveling management and will last longer than you think: http://www.sandisk.com/pdf/oem/WPaperWearLevelv1.0.pdf Use ramdisk to store temporary files and flash to store permanent pbx configuration data, voicemail etc. Done right, one could literally have a "pbx on a stick...

Hi! If you are trying to syslinux floppies or CompactFlash cards from within Windows in a command prompt, here is a hint: run 'syslinux.EXE drive_letter:' instead of 'syslinux drive_letter:' I banged my head yesterday with it... ;) p.s. yes this also works with an USB adaptor Luis Correia PGP Fingerprint: BC44 D7DA 5A17 F92A C...

Size/Speed/write cycles have gone way up, price has gone way down. More common than CompactFlash and no need for an adapter. So is it feasible to run an Asterisk server on something like this? With a MTBF of 1million write cycles coupled with dynamic wear management on a 4Gig USB drive, lifetime is a non-issue. Just wondering how well it works, if it works.

Is it possible to chain isolinux and memdisk over pxelinux? If it's possible, I'd like to boot a CD Image over the network. I've been using pxelinux to boot ltsp for years, and recently upgraded to take advantage of memdisk for booting a DOS hd-image. Ideally I'd be able to boot a CD-Image. Thoughts? -- <:3)~ Michael T. Garrison Stuber

Hi! as i know that you like test reports, here are some... Testing environment: CompactFlash card, connected with an USB adapter to a Compaq Evo D310 frontal USB port. This machine boots via USB quite well with syslinux. 3.09 boots ok, no problem 3.10-pre2 does not boot 3.10-pre3 does not boot 3.10-pre4 does not boot 3.10-pre5 locks up pc 3.10-pre6 locks up pc 3.10-pre7 writes &...

This is Hide. This is the first contribution. I'd like to configure cluster file system by OCFS2. The number of nodes are two. CompactFlash card(CF) is used as shared DISK. Guarantees of the writing frequency to CF are up to 100,000 times. However, it exceed in two day, due to the disk_heart_beat executed every two seconds. I tried following procedures to solve that. It seems solved. 1. O2HB_DEFAULT_DEAD_THRESHOLD changed larger than...

...ant under Win 2000/XP, you will need to > write a 'kernel' driver for direct access. > > Since the USB driver is already a 'kernel' driver, I don't think > you can get away with it. > > I have syslinux'ed my CF with plain old dos with my > IDE<->compactflash > adapter. > > But remember, once the CF is syslinux'ed, you can copy and > replace all content with the USB adapter. > > That's how I do backups now :) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ole Hansen [mailto:ole at danelec.dk] > Sent: Monday, Oc...

All, I am running into a situation in which one of my ext3 filesystems is getting hung during normal usage. There are three ext3 filesystems on a CompactFLASH. One is mounted as / and one as /tmp. In my test, I am copying a 100 MB file from /root to /tmp repeatedly. While doing this test, I eventually see the copying stop, and any attempts to access /tmp fail - if I even do ls /tmp the command will hang. I suspect kjournald because of the followin...

...put in a second FXS port? 3) How much storage space do I really need to get one of the common embedded Asterisk distros on there, and also leave room for a good amount of voicemail, and room to hack with cool things in the dialplan, etc? Would you recommend a 2.5-in HDD, or can we fit this all in compactflash? I don't really have any ideas on estimating voicemail space consumption, or commonly fun things people do with modules and dialplans that might suck extra space down the road. 4) If as I suspect the 2.5in HDD is going to be a better bet space-wise, does this change anything about the power s...

...ould be a plus); b) Be based on an Intel i815 chipset or its successors (i815E, i845...); c) Have at least 1 PCI slot; d) Have at least 1 serial port; 2 preferred; e) Run stock Linux 2.4 without fuss. It would be NICE if: f) The machines can be run in a no-moving-parts configuration, e.g. using a CompactFlash card instead of a hard disk; g) These machines are available for retail, as opposed to mail order, in the San Francisco Bay Area; h) They were to cost less than $1000 apiece in quantity 10 or so. I would appreciate suitable pointers. -hpa