[Peeweelinux] development configuration

Ralph Stickley [email protected]
Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:33:35 -0800 (PST)


Dan,
How about Compact Flash on the IDE port ? Use USB/CF on development
box, IDE/CF on target board.
Adi did have some adaptor type thingys...

Good luck,
Ralph

--- dan <[email protected]> wrote:
> This isn't so much a Peeweelinux question, but thought the readers
> of this list
> would be a good source of info. I want to build systems using
> Peewee
> on my development  machine and copy it to media that is bootable on
> my
> prototype box and a floppy isn't big enough.
> 
> Development box - Laptop running Redhat. Has USB ports.
> 
> Prototype box - EPIA Mini-ITX. Will boot from IDE and USB Zip drive
> (but
> unfortunately no other USB devices)
> 
> What I can do right now is use my USB hard drive caddy that I plug
> into the laptop and create the image. To boot the prototype box, I
> remove the
> IDE cable from the caddy and plug it into the protototype box. This
> is kind
> of awkward, since I'm plugging and unplugging cables and am kind of
> a klutz
> about bending pins sometimes. I don't really want to buy a USB Zip
> drive
> just for this purpose.
> 
> My question is: What hardware config to you use for development?
> 
> thanks in advance,
> dan 
> 
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