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Altera_Forum
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21 years ago

running Linux without flash

Hello, I have a custom board without flash memory. http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif So I wonder, if it&#39;s possible to load the Kernel and rootfs ramdisk ...
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Altera_Forum
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21 years ago

Yes it is possible to compile the kernel without flash but it requires some patching.

Currently, references to flash exist in the kernel to try and pull out information regarding the MAC address for Altera dev boards (which obviously isn&#39;t required for all projects). I&#39;ll see if I can ressurect the patches that remove the need for flash and post it here for everyone.