From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from creative.actrix.co.nz ([203.96.26.135]) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 16V0cA-0008Bt-00 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 01:29:43 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Charles Manning Reply-To: manningc2@actrix.gen.nz To: Ramya Ravichandran Subject: Re: Cf Card vs DiskOnChip Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:35:20 +1300 Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org References: <20020126080500.34286.qmail@web8101.in.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020126080500.34286.qmail@web8101.in.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20020128013905.81A0611FD@creative.actrix.co.nz> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:05, Ramya Ravichandran wrote: > > If the CF is "embedded" and you are not going to > > remove it while it is > > powered up (ie. use it like you would a DOC) then > > you quite likely do not > > need any PCMCIA adapter chips I've seen a few > > designs using CF this way. > > You have a desktop system and in this desktop system I > just want to remove the HD and replace it with the CF > card or DOC .Do you need adapters for this. IF DOC > then can it be directly embedded in the motherboard. > > Please help. OK so if I understand you correctly, you want to take a normal x86 system, throw away the hand disk and put int a CF instead. If that is what you want to do then the sandisk link shows how. All you need is a very simple cable that goes from a standard IDE connector to a CF socket. My understanding, which might be off, is that if you look inside a Sandisk Flashdrive then that is what you'll find. For all you nay-sayers, there are some good reasons to do this. One good reason to do this over a DOC-based solution is that you don't have to load special DOC access software or have a specail DOC-friendly BIOS. The system can't tell the difference between a CF and a rotating disk. It's a nice easy way to get from A toZ, especially for an exploratory product or an "embedded PC" that's going into a vehicle or other high vibration scenario that will shake a disk to death. kira I reckon you're being a bit rude! An honest question deserves a useful answer - not abuse. Help or shut up. IMHO. -- Charles