Thank you for your reply. >=20 > If you want to write to flash and don't care where it goes: >=20 > echo "This is in flash" > /boot/foo > cat /boot/foo Yes, but it is from a userspace >=20 > If you want to write to SDRAM: >=20 > echo "This is in RAM" > /tmp/bar > cat /tmp/bar Yes, but it is from a userspace What I would like to achieve is writing to flash from "outside". For example JTAG is an example. Via JTAG you can write to flash( using for example DMA - direct memory acc= ess). But to be able to do so, I must know the flash location. The same/similar is true about RAM Can you advice a solution to my goal?( finding memory/flash address assign= ment)? Thanks --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .