I am in the process of getting a CF/IDE drive for my Linuxbios machine. I am in the US and was wondering where and which one to get. As i am in a rush and hate to impulse buy, i thought to ask what you thought.
so far its between one of these:
http://www.pcengines.ch/cflash.htm (US $20)
http://www.cwlinux.com/eng/products/products_ide2cf.php (US $20-25)
Are there any others i should consider?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, plus i am sure it would help the community.
Thanks again..
-Nick
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Nicholas Mistry wrote:
I am in the process of getting a CF/IDE drive for my Linuxbios machine. I am in the US and was wondering where and which one to get. As i am in a rush and hate to impulse buy, i thought to ask what you thought.
so far its between one of these:
http://www.pcengines.ch/cflash.htm (US $20)
I have tried the CFDISK 1C and CDDISK D5 from PCEngines. The 1C works fine. The 5D is nice because it's so small, but the connector is kind of flimsy and didn't hold up too well to repeated use...
http://www.cwlinux.com/eng/products/products_ide2cf.php (US $20-25)
Haven't tried, but from looking at them I'd say they look great for a more "permanent" solution, but are probably more of a pain if you are removing the card a lot. They do look a lot sturdier than either of the PCEngines adaptors...
-Jake
Nicholas Mistry wrote:
Are there any others i should consider?
I've used this one and it works well. It's type II so you can use IBM microdrives as well as standard CF.
http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fcfa.html
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, plus i am sure it would help the community.
On a side note something I find _really_ hand when working with CF devices is my PCMCIA card for my Desktop and a CF to PCMCIA adapter. Lets me hot plug the CF in and out of my desktop. Very handy for copying images onto the CF during the debug cycle.
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Richard Smith wrote:
On a side note something I find _really_ hand when working with CF devices is my PCMCIA card for my Desktop and a CF to PCMCIA adapter. Lets me hot plug the CF in and out of my desktop. Very handy for copying images onto the CF during the debug cycle.
or a laptop (like the X24) with a CF slot :-)
ron
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Richard Smith wrote:
On a side note something I find _really_ hand when working with CF devices is my PCMCIA card for my Desktop and a CF to PCMCIA adapter. Lets me hot plug the CF in and out of my desktop. Very handy for copying images onto the CF during the debug cycle.
Another alternative to this is a USB CF reader - I'm using the Sandisk Imagemate to mount my CF cards & copy images, etc.
-Jake
I too am am running the Imagemate (SDDR-31) USB -> CF adapter. It is great for development and debugging. Used it many times when porting linux to the Ipaq! My only frustration is that i am unable to boot of it. Once the kernel is loaded i can mount the CF card and make it the root filesystem, but that is about it.
What i am aiming to do is completely eliminate the harddrive in my machine. And swapping out the card is not something i will be doing regularly. I just want a reliable and inexpensive solution that gets the job done.
-N
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Richard Smith wrote:
On a side note something I find _really_ hand when working with CF devices is my PCMCIA card for my Desktop and a CF to PCMCIA adapter. Lets me hot plug the CF in and out of my desktop. Very handy for copying images onto the CF during the debug cycle.
Another alternative to this is a USB CF reader - I'm using the Sandisk Imagemate to mount my CF cards & copy images, etc.
-Jake
Nicholas,
As an alternative to CF, I'm using PQI IDE Disk on Modules. For PC/104 embedded systems that have the 2mm 44pin IDE connectors they plug right in without needing an additional power wire. 40 pin versions require a separate +5V power input.
Programming them takes a bit more ingenuity. I found that you can buy IDE -> USB2.0 enclosures that work under Linux just like the SDDR-31. The one tricky part is connector gender is wrong and the pins are flipped, so you have to take a 2mm IDE cable and put pin headers in both ends to hook the DOMs to the IDE->USB2 perverter. Once the target system is up and running I update tend the DOM across the network, which is good till I test a kernel that won't boot.
It's a good solution for me because I don't have to find a place to mount the CF adapter board, and don't have the extra cable.
The DOM price is a bit more than CF at around $40.
Joey Nelson
-----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas Mistry Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:19 AM To: linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: Re: off topic: CF -> IDE Where and which to buy?
I too am am running the Imagemate (SDDR-31) USB -> CF adapter. It is great for development and debugging. Used it many times when porting linux to the Ipaq! My only frustration is that i am unable to boot of it. Once the kernel is loaded i can mount the CF card and make it the root filesystem, but that is about it.
What i am aiming to do is completely eliminate the harddrive in my machine. And swapping out the card is not something i will be doing regularly. I just want a reliable and inexpensive solution that gets the job done.
-N
Nicholas,
I too am am running the Imagemate (SDDR-31) USB -> CF adapter. It is great for development and debugging. Used it many times when porting linux to the Ipaq! My only frustration is that i am unable to boot of it. Once the kernel is loaded i can mount the CF card and make it the root filesystem, but that is about it.
If you really want to boot the USB->CF, you can use DOC with kexec as a boot loader. Then, you can mount the CF, and run kexec kernel from the CF.
-Andrew
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