Nanobsd and CF geometry

Mon Sep 18 00:16:53 PDT 2006

On Thursday 14 September 2006 09:54, Philippe Lang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to flash Nanobsd on a Compact Flash which is not listed in
> /usr/src/tools/tools/nanobsd/FlashDevice.sub.
>
> Does anyone know how to calculate NANO_MEDIASIZE, NANO_HEADS and NANO_SECTS
> for a specific CF, in my case a Transcend 512 MB CF?
>

I think the case with CF is the same with USB memory sticks. The kernel
reports the "geometry" when it's plugged in. Check dmesg for anything
interesting.

There is a mailing list for "Dedicated and Embedded Systems based upon 
FreeBSD", Maybe you should ask there.
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-small

Nikos