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Altera_Forum
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22 years ago

Filesystem for compact flash

I want to install a fat filesystem on the compact flash. I am using the stratix evaluation board. Can somebody tell me if i can use the files existing in the microtronix linux for this purpose. ...
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Altera_Forum
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22 years ago

Hi,

If you are using Linux, sure you can use FAT. Since the Compactflash from Altera is pre-formated as FAT, you only need to enable FAT support in kernel configuration. I tried this on Stratix, it worked fine.