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To: combjelly who wrote (26925)1/31/2001 7:08:35 PM
From: AusdauerRespond to of 275872
 
Comb,

You are correct about the flash.

The expert site you posted states that WinCE doesn't actually
utilize the extra flash memory...

> > All 3650 and 3630 Models (what's the diff again...No don't answer that
> > :-) come wiht 32 MB of RAM and either 16 MB or 32 MB of flash. Those that
> > came with 32 MB of flash were probably built early on (AFAIK) because
> > compaq could not get 16 MB flash parts, so they used 32 MB flash parts.
> > Anyway, Windows CE does not take advantage of this extra room (actually
> > CE doesn't use the Flash at all for storage, again AFAIK), but we can use
> > it under linux. So if your /dev/flash6 (/usr/local usually) partition is
> > 3MB you have a 16 MB unit, if it is 19 MB you have a 32 MB unit. I'm not
> > sure what other things would tell you the size...But this would probably
> > make a good wiki page! Anyone feel up to it?


Aus