Re: [Thinkpad] Solid State Disks SSD

>> >You could try one of these:
>> >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211048
>> >paired w/ a CF->IDE adapter.
>>
>> Done that. It didn't work. I never figured out what the
>> problem was. CF -> IDE adapter was made in Australia.
>> Manufacturer was puzzled. Or maybe some CF cards aren't
>> bootable. But no list of such cards was available. All very
>> loosey-goosey, a lot like USB2.
>>
>> 8 GB would be a real sweet size for the 701C
>>
>> >I know some folks have been tinkering with
>> >that type of setup for a little while now. I haven't done so myself, so
>> >can't be of much more help.
>> >
>> >On 1/5/07, Jonathan Berry <jberry@islandnet.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> There's a bit of buzz about Samsung Solid State Disks
>> >> due to come out in the 32 GB range, 1.8".
>> >>
>> >> "Personally", I'd like an 8 GB 2.5" SSD to turn one
>> >> of my 701Cs into a completely quiet but portable word
>> >> processor. And I don't want to pay more than about $150 for
>> >> the device. Anybody with a crystal ball (or a price list!)
>> >> know when that might happen?
>> >>
>>
>>
>Interesting. I know people who have built systems M0n0Wall
>firewalls<http://m0n0.ch/wall/>using any old CF card hanging around.
>Maybe it's more the thinkpad's BIOS
>than anything in the CF card.
>Can a TP boot from CF in a PCMCIA adapter I wonder??

A 701C typically tops out at 40 MB RAM (8mb on board plus a
32mb stick). M0n0Wall recommends 64 MB.

Some TPs can boot from CF in a PCMCIA adaptor, but the
701C is too ancient for that. Even if it could, M0n0Wall needs
two NiCs, right? 701C has only two PCMCIA slots.

-- 
happy
Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm
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