Hi, So far I have building servers for internal use, using Compact Flash on IDE connector. Using ext3 file system. Only about a year of use. So far it is great.
Just got a simple cheap Dell tower server with AMD opteron chip. The motherboard has no IDE connector. I think more and more motherboards are coming with only SATA connectors. The good thing is that the motherboard has a internal usb connector. That means that a 4Gb thumb drive can be connected onto the motherboard internally. Now I have a choice of getting a SATA to CF adaptor or just a thumb drive. Which way should I go? Thumb Drive or CF? Second problem. I loved using CF on IDE because of the the drive is called hda instead of sda. This way it is very easy to call on the hda to boot up without confusing with the data drives on the SATA. Need to find a way to fix the naming of the drives regardless of how many drives are connected. I always had the problem of the names of drives changing when one of the drives is removed and then rebooted. It will try to boot up from the wrong drive. If anyone knows of the solution, please share. P.V.Anthony -- [email protected] mailing list
