[syslinux] USB-FDD
A.J. Venter
aj at getopenlab.com
Thu Jan 19 09:09:21 PST 2006
On Thursday 19 January 2006 18:57, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> A.J. Venter wrote:
> > While this is true, it's only a partial truth, I know for a fact that
> > many of them DONT keep the partition table in the writable flash, opting
> > instead for a read-only fake partition table, hardwired onto the
> > control-board, that presents only one partition back to the OS.
>
> Could you give any details of these (e.g. vendor)?
I wish :) there's at least 5 or 6 but I have no idea exactly which ones, and
I've found some vendors that ship both variations.
What I can tell you is that they tend to be the low-end of the market - e.g.
the cheapest sticks.
Of course I am in Africa which is notorious as the dumping ground for
bottom-range hardware that are unconcerned with standards (I have encountered
motherboards that contained on-board chipset with fake PCI-ID's which then
ID'd themselves as watchdog cards - so Linux would load the watchdog driver,
which when the "card" failed to respond would shut the machine down after 30
seconds !)
Here at least both variations I describe are highly common and any particular
stick you buy could be either/or.
You learn a lot when you develop a distro in Africa for Africa, especially
about adding compatibility with horrible hardware.
Ciao
A.J.
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A.J. Venter
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