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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Rockbox runs from Flash! (boots in 3 seconds)Re: ANNOUNCE: Rockbox runs from Flash! (boots in 3 seconds)
From: Brent Geery <fasttimes_at_mochamail.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 11:27:10 -0700 On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:02:27 +0200 (MEST), idc-dragon_at_gmx.de wrote: > I'm pleased to tell that my JBR20 now resumes playback 3 seconds after the > "On" button is pressed. Rockbox is there in a split second, then it has to > wait for the harddisk. In other words: Booting now takes as long as a spinup. > I'll try to make a video of my starting box available by this evening. 3 seconds! Hot damn! BTW, does this also mean that it is *running* from the flash chip, saving RAM? > Probably I'm watering everybody's mouth now to have that on their box, but > first I'd like to establish the process on how we do this flashing in a safe > way. Put a warning on the thing, and let us bleeding-edge types take our chances. :) -- BRENT - The Usenet typo king. :) Fast Times At Ridgemont High Info http://www.FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh.org Voted #87 - American Film Institute's Top 100 Funniest American FilmsReceived on 2003-07-04 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |