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What would it take to be able to boot from >4BG devices
« on: September 18, 2017, 05:26:51 AM »
As time goes on the desire to boot our Amiga's from devices larger then 4GB's becomes more and more desirable. Yes, we can boot from a small device, then using an alternate file system use a larger device. But i'd like to boot from a large device.

What would it take to boot from >4GB devices? If i understand how things work it's a matter of putting an appropriate file system, ie. PFS3, on the ROM chip. What would it take/cost to make such a ROM chip?

As detailed in the links below different ROM chips would be needed for different models.
https://www.amigaforever.com/kb/15-127
http://wiki.classicamiga.com/Kickstart_Roms_Explained

Are there other ways to accomplish this? For example, could the Vampire boards support booting from devices >4GB?