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Old 08-07-2005, 02:36 AM   #1
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Default CF as an alternative to a hard disk in my a1200
Does anyone know if the a1200 will recognise flash memory on the ide bus? Will it just see it as a hard drive and boot from it? See item number 5795764741 on ebay..
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Old 08-07-2005, 02:58 AM   #2
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Yes with a CF to IDE converter i got mine from Ebay for £3 and it worked great boot times of under 3 seconds and it didnt need a more powerful PSU, i used HDtools to prep the cards except 1 nasty cheap CF card which i had to use RD prep to format etc.

http://alan2.rateliff.org/a1200flash/

has some info :-)
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Old 08-07-2005, 03:12 AM   #3
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Yup, an IDE-CF adapter will work. I have one of those with a 512mb CF card that I use for testing. Works fine. Just don't mount VMEM or scratch files on it, because those cards don't have unlimited write cycles.
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Old 08-07-2005, 03:51 AM   #4
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great, i plan to do away with the hard drive altogether to make way for a slimline cdrom!
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Remember a CF card has a limited amount of write cycles before failing. Simple put they aren't meant to be used as a HD replacement.
They will last a lot less then a hard drive.
There are ATA Flash drives out there (be it a lot more expensive) which are made to replace hard drives. They should last a lot longer.
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Old 08-08-2005, 11:43 AM   #6
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or you could use a CF microdrive, which is in fact a mini-hard drive so should provide some better performance and last a bit longer
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Hi,
will there be enough space inside desktop A1200 to have FastATA 1200 MK-III controller + 2.5" hard disk + IDE2CF adapter with card installed alltogether?
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I believe the slave will slow down the master, if its a slower device; something to be borne in mind....
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