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<DIV><SPAN class=343400815-19052006><FONT face=Arial color=#800000
size=2>Caveat: I'm new to Linux.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=343400815-19052006><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=2>Out of
curiosity (and a desire to save space in the BIOS ROM): I understand that
LinuxBIOS will load a tiny Linux kernel from the ROM, which in turn will load
the full Linux OS from the NAND flash. That seems a rather lengthy process
to me. I was talking to someone here at work this morning, and he asked
why we don't add NAND media support to FILO, and simply use that to load the
kernel from the NAND flash device. It seemed reasonable to me, plus it
could allow the device to use a 256 KB ROM instead of a 512 KB ROM, which could
(?) save money.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=343400815-19052006><FONT face=Arial color=#800000
size=2>Thoughts? Is there a design consideration I'm
missing?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=343400815-19052006></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
color=#800000 size=2> -- Steve
G.<BR></FONT><BR><B></B><B></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Steve
Goodrich</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial></FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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