Remember FAT16 partitions are limited to 2GiB in MS/PC-DOS. So, drives are limited to 8GiB.
Check out industrial Flash modules or DiskOnModule. Read a little about them here: http://www.glitchwrks.com/2010/12/16/xtide Note: Expensive compared to more modern SATA devices. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=IDE+DOM&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Even some IDE SSD's. On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 4:48 PM Jon Brase <jon.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
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