M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers 91-SR-005-10-7L instruction

Installation Manual

IM-DOC-021

Using the DiskOnChip® with Linux OS

DEC-99

91-SR-005-10-7L REV. 2.0

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M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers 91-SR-005-10-7L installation manual Using the DiskOnChip with Linux OS

Contents

Using the DiskOnChip with Linux OS Limited Warranty Contents Hardware Requirements for the DiskOnChip Introduction Utilities Diskette Content Requirements for Installation of the DiskOnChip into Linux Linux Driver for DiskOnChip Updating the Firmware Installing the DiskOnChip as an Additional Drive If the /dev/fd0 doesn’t appear in the first column, type Floppy drive must be active. Verify this by typing Adding the Driver to the Kernel Configure the kernel as followsRemove the old object files Check dependencies Make the inodes for the DiskOnChip Booting the Compiled Kernel from HDD Creating a Linux Partition on the DiskOnChip Recheck the partition table Creating a Native Linux File System on the DiskOnChipSave the new partition table disregard any fdisk warnings Mount the file system to a directory Creating a Root File System Introduction Booting Linux from the DiskOnChip Populating the File System OverviewRun the script Create the list of files to be mounted Copying the Kernel, Updating the Boot Sector and Rebooting Reboot and load DOS, and reinstall the original firmware TroubleshootingLinux will now boot from the DiskOnChip Most likely, you forgot to do Sys.com Additional Information and Tools Appendix I Making a Root File System Diskonchip/bin/programname Copy the library loaders as follows For example You now have pLilo sources There are 5 files that you will need to patch Appendix III Applying a Patch Manually Using the DiskOnChip with Linux OS Atidim Industrial Park P.O.B How to Contact UsTel Aviv 61580, Israel