Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 07:23:59 -0500 From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] solid state disk
Seems to me that a better idea might be, to take a CF card and make it id itself as a floppy drive. All you would need to do is change some data around? I bet that some of the Linux guys could help. David Hettel ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [LIB] solid state disk > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:10:19 +0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LIB] solid state disk > > >> http://www.magicram.com/IDEComapctFlash.htm > > > > forget them as well. Just called them, 0.4" or >10mm thick. > > Won't fit the Librettos. > > Hmmm... 10.16mm... 9.5mm would be 0.374"... > > Following on from the previous discussion about the converters for CFcards > to go in PCcard slots being just dumb pin-to-pin adapters, I'm guessing > there's no reason other than available space and physical connection that > would prevent you from using CFcard or PCcard format media to boot from, so > long as it's IDE? > > So, I wonder if it might be possible to "adapt" one of these (ie modify, > permanently, along with a Libretto) so that, by sacrificing one of the > existing PCcard slots and with a bit of lateral thinking and a steady hand, > you'd end up with one "real" PCcard slot where you previously had two, and > convert the other into a "bootable" slot which the BIOS would "see" exactly > where it now "sees" the OE HDD. > > The sacrificed/adapted slot would only then be any good for a bootable IDE > (HDD or Flash, and could be PCcard, or CFcard format plus an adapter) > device, but it would give you an instant removeable/swapable boot device, > plus a choice of boot media, all in one go... > > I'd be interested to pursue this - anybody got the guts of a "broken" 100 or > 110 they are ready to part with? I guess I don't need screen, keyboard, > battery, HDD, etc; and I already have a dock, FDD, power supply, etc - so > anything that would boot *if* it had a HDD, and was connected to a dock with > a power supply and external keyboard / VDU... > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
