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[Request] IDE to compact flash convertor

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  • #2
    swingking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭swingking


    peats are doing a ide to usb adapter if that's any good for

    59 euro


  • #3
    Pete67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭Pete67


    http://cgi.ebay.ie/CF-card-TO-2-5-IDE-laptop-hard-drive-MALE-ADAPTER-UK_W0QQitemZ250082773551QQihZ015QQcategoryZ74954QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    This looks interesting - about €8 landed.
    http://cgi.ebay.ie/NEW-Dual-Compact-Flash-CF-Type-l-ll-to-3-5-IDE-ADAPTER_W0QQitemZ250081966055QQihZ015QQcategoryZ41993QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


  • #5
    gerryo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭gerryo


    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    it's so I can use a CF card in place of a hard drive in a PC for firewall or what have you

    even better if it can match with a 2.5" so I could use it in a very old laptop
    which would then have no moving parts
    The drive side interfaces specification for IDE drives is very similar to that for CF cards, so "rolling your own" (bit of soldering) is easy. However, for €8 (see other posts), why bother.

    Seems like a great idea, boot from CF into RamDisk, don't write to the CF again until there's a config change = diskless quiet PC/Router/Firewall.

    Excellent idea!


  • #6
    aphex™
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭aphex™


    gerryo wrote:
    Seems like a great idea, boot from CF into RamDisk, don't write to the CF again until there's a config change = diskless quiet PC/Router/Firewall.
    What about logs? They're written to all the time, aren't they?


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  • #7
    jimi_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭jimi_t


    Anyone know of a SCSI CF adaptor... I need one for an old piece of kit that doesn't have IDE. In fact, any memory card format would do. I just need it :)


  • #8
    gerryo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭gerryo


    aphex&#8482 wrote:
    What about logs? They're written to all the time, aren't they?
    Yeah, these should be written to RamDisk, then copied to CF if the machine is shutting down, if they are needed. Trick is to do everything in RamDisk, else CF will be ruined in a few weeks.

    Should all be do-able, probably distros out there for this already.
    Linux is very adaptable, souce availability mean folks modify it for projects like this all the time.


  • #9
    gerryo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭gerryo


    jimi_t wrote:
    Anyone know of a SCSI CF adaptor... I need one for an old piece of kit that doesn't have IDE. In fact, any memory card format would do. I just need it :)
    I've seen a SCSI to IDE adapter, guess one of those + http://cgi.ebay.ie/NEW-Dual-Compact-...QQcmdZViewItem might do the job.

    Sorry, can't find a link for a SCSI to IDE, they did exist, I saw one attached to a 3.5" laptop drive, worked OK, just like a normal SCSI drive.


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