Thank you for your reply. =20 > You cannot do this directly in Linux for a few reasons.=20 Do you mean I can NOT write data to a flash or to SDRAM? >Others have > already mentioned the SDRAM / physical / virtual addressing. But if a system can write , there IS a way how to achive my goal too, I thi= nk > If the flash devices are NAND, you cannot do it directly either Depends on what you mean directly. I have a program that CAN write data to a flash via JTAG --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .