Compact Flash of a certain generation is basically compatible with IDE, it can be used in 'ATA mode'. What that means is that it looks like a hard drive to the OS, but it's flash memory. So with the right adapter (moves the pins to where they need to connect for an IDE port), you can use it as though it were an IDE harddrive with flash memory instead of platters. There are some minor problems with 'wear leveling', where you can over read/write to it and wear out the flash memory. Works best if you don't use any kind of virtual memory. If you edit and save files a lot, using other media for it may help too.
With a CF->IDE and an IDE->USB you can effectively have CF->USB, if your mac can write an HFS filesystem to a usb hard drive, you're good there. On Nov 8, 9:28 am, Jake Tesler <[email protected]> wrote: > Thats a good concept (the first suggestion), but I tried unplugging the HD > and using it over USB with the following results: > My MacbookPro (Lion) recognized and mounted the drive. Unfortunately, it is > formatted as HFS, which Lion won't write to. > My other mac (Leopard) which CAN write to HFS, would NOT mount the drive. :( > > The other option (CF) sounds like a good alternative. To questions > though...how would I format the card to HFS correctly, and then copy the > files from the HD to it? (is "blessing" an issue here?) > My concern is that the card would have to be formatted using Leopard, which > would be hard but not impossible (terminal would be the option here). > Check! But since Leopard is the only OS that can write to HFS, and it won't > mount my HD (with the files), where do I go from there? > I am starting to think that -and this would be REALLY complicated- I should > just plug the HD into my Lion computer, transfer it to the USB stick > holding my Leopard OS, then boot off the Leopard disk, and copy to the CF > volume. Then it brings up the question of "blessing" the volume. Does > anybody know if blessing is an issue with system 7.5.3 on a Powerbook 1400? > > -Jake > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:35 AM, william Bowles > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 8 Nov 2011, at 05:59, Jake Tesler wrote: > > > > Its currently 1AM where I live (NY), so I am going to try a new theory > > tomorrow. I have a crazy idea of formatting a ATA 2.5" HD to HFS (using > > Leopard) and extracting the ATA adapter in the CD-ROM drive, and just > > plugging in an adapter. I saw this on a website…I think I'll try it out. > > I'll let everybody know how (if) it works. > > > > -Jake > > > Hi Jake > > > the adapter in the cd rom is different to the ata/ide on the hdd or should > > i say everyone i have ever seen has been different, why not get a usb to > > ide adapter then remove the hdd from the 1400 and hook it up via usb to the > > macbook connected to the adapter, works for me with my old powerbooks. > > > or you could convert the old powerbook to compact flash with an ide to cf > > adapter. Then you could just pop the cf card to update it via a cf to usb > > adapter there are loads of options out there and they are becoming cheap > > due to the falling cost of ssd and cf now . I am currently doing this with > > my lombard/ wallstreet and my duo simply because it increases the battery > > life as there is no moving parts in cf and speeds the response of the mac > > up. I acquired three 8gb cf cards and adapters from ebay for less than £10 > > each. > > > william > > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > group. > > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To leave this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
