Check the speed of the cf chip. If too fast for your machine, it might not work. If over 266x I have problems. Sandisk chips are high quality but they are internally marked as removable. Alot of programs are made to refuse to run on removables. Komputerbay cf chips are internally marked as fixed, a big advantage on computers.
cheers DS On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:46:28 -0600 Jon Brase <jon.br...@gmail.com> writes: > IDE <-> Compact Flash adapters seem to be popular for extending the > life > of old computing hardware, and I'm looking at replacing the magnetic > > disks on my old machines with CF. > > However, there seem to be issues with ensuring that the motherboard > <-> > adapter <-> CF card chain is all compatible. I presume that there > are > likely a fair number of people on this list that have already done > this. > Can anyone provide recommendations as far as manufacturers/devices > to > seek or avoid? > > Furthermore, I use Linux to administer my DOS machines (stuff like > file > transfers to the rest of the network), and on the older of the two, > the > Linux installation is quite swap-dependent. Obviously, the > write-lifetime limitations of flash memory are a concern here. Would > it > be best to just buy a bunch of small CF cards and replace them as > they > die, or to get a few over-large CF cards and rely on the card > firmware > to do write levelling, or to just hold on to magnetic storage until > I > can't find any more drives? > > Lastly, are there any good solutions for mounting multiple CF > adapters > at the front of a 5.25" drive bay? Most of the adapters I've found > that > seem to be meant for external mounting seem to either be meant to > fit in > a rear PCI slot or to fit a single adapter at the front of a 3.5" > bay, > but it seems like the dimensions are such that most adapters could > fit 2 > wide x 2 high in a 5.25" bay if there were any way to mount them. > > Jon Brase > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ____________________________________________________________ Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more Here's Another Reason to Hate 2020 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5fe2216885fd72168494bst01duc1 The Man Behind Slim Jims Is Dead of COVID http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5fe22168a6f802168494bst01duc2 Country Sees First COVID Transmission in 8 Months http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5fe22168c706c2168494bst01duc3 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
