From: Charles Manning <manningc2@actrix.gen.nz>
To: john riehl <jr@i-bucks.com>, Robert Kaiser <rob@sysgo.de>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Getting big flash onto motherboards. Will CF work? what will?
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 12:07:34 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020520001251.556764B930@dragon.actrix.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20020517142924.0074ef10@mail.i-bucks.com>
> >So, except for the form factor, what is the difference beween these and
> >a CompactFlash (wrt to reliabilty on power failure, etc.) ?
>
> I dont know. I dont know about CF. how does cf connect to a system? what
> happens when cf loses power? how do you write to a cf system? can you
> boot from it?
>
We've been through this a few times in this mailing list.
CF conforms to the PCMCIA ATA interface. This effectively provides an IDE
interface over PCMCIA.
There are basically three ways to hook a CF into your system:
* Through PCMCIA.
* Directly onto the bus (kinda like PCMCIA without the hotplug).
* Directly onto an IDE bus.
The last is perhaps the simplest. You hook the CF onto the IDE bus with a
simple cable and the system just thinks it is a hard drive. Details for this
cable are available on the Sandisk www.
-- Charles
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-20 0:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-17 21:29 Getting big flash onto motherboards. Will CF work? what will? john riehl
2002-05-18 7:49 ` Robert Kaiser
2002-05-20 0:07 ` Charles Manning [this message]
2002-05-23 9:46 ` Karl Hammar
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2002-05-17 18:08 john riehl
2002-05-17 18:32 ` Mike Mattice
2002-05-17 18:51 ` Robert Kaiser
2002-05-17 15:44 Re[2]: linux boot time David Woodhouse
2002-05-17 15:57 ` Getting big flash onto motherboards. Will CF work? what will? Ronald G Minnich
2002-05-17 15:59 ` David Woodhouse
2002-05-17 16:05 ` Ronald G Minnich
2002-05-17 16:17 ` David Woodhouse
2002-05-17 16:20 ` Ronald G Minnich
2002-05-17 17:08 ` Russ Dill
2002-05-18 7:06 ` David Woodhouse
2002-05-17 19:48 ` Richard A. Smith
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