> Making the machine understand all sorts of filesystems is quite easy,
> you can put a whole Linux kernel into the flash. We for example used this
> for the Cobalt Qube but afaik the Alpha Milo works similar.
>
> More important will be to get this feature implemented in a way that is
> going to prevent users from crashing their machines in a way that can only
> be fixed with a EPROM burner.
One other small ROM that will check the Flash ROM's checksum and/or a jumper
on the board, and if it fails beep a tune on the speaker, and then expect a
raw Flash ROM image sent to it on the first serial port?
That's the simplest way I think. A floppy could be used, too, but that'd mean
more complexity in the 'small ROM'.
Vojtech Pavlik
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