Re: [Thinkpad] CF adapters, again

On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 09:51:38PM -0500, Donald MacQueen wrote:
> I recently configured my trusty 570 with Ubuntu server, which was pretty
> painless. The whole install takes just over 500 megs.
>
> The problem is that the hard drive makes an annoying whine, so I am
> toying with the idea of putting the whole thing on a 2 Meg CF card,
> which can be had for ~$40.
>
> The question is, how do I know if the PCMCIA adapter I buy to hold the
> CF card is bootable?

Unlike [Smartmedia MMC, SD, Memorystick] PCMCIA adapters, CF PCMCIA adapters
have no electronics in them, they just connect the recpticles in the CF card
to the coresponding pins in the PCMCIA socket.

The CF card itself has the electronics to make it emulate an IDE drive.

> Thanks in advance.
>
> Donald

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