[mythtv-users] FYI: IDE Flash modules..

Alan Hagge ahagge at wbfa.com
Tue Nov 29 10:02:20 EST 2005


An alternative (possibly cheaper, but a bit messier) would be to use a 
Compact Flash-to-IDE adapter:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5797209008&category=41994
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5832892283&ru=http://search.ebay.com:80/5832892283_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8QQfsopZ1QQfviZ1

and your favorite CF card.  Places like Frys are selling 512 MB units in 
the $30.00 range these days...

Note:  Haven't tried any of these.

Robert Denier wrote:

>I thought it worth noting/reminding people of these since these can save some 
>aggravation with embedded system designs.  The following link shows a 32MB 
>ide flash module.
>
>http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS32MDOM40V
>32MB $18.80  (Note:  I've not purchased from this site, although I have used 
>the 256MB  version of these modules without any problems.)
>
>For those that want to boot from the network, but have hardware that doesn't 
>really work well with network booting, for whatever reason, this seems like 
>the way to go.
>
>Basically you put /boot on the flash module including grub and your kernel and 
>then have it use nfs for the root file system.  I may buy one for one system 
>just so it no longer needs a hard drive.
>
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