I have some Windows based systems running off CF cards. I found that some low dollar IDE to CF adapters simply would not work to boot windows reliably. I ended up buying some more expensive Addonics SATA to CF adapters and that solved the boot issues that I ran into. I used Transcend 133X CF cards and the systems I did have been running for about 1 1/2 years now - with zero failures. I used part of the Windows XP embedded OS software so I could turn off the random disk writes entirely. Some CF cards simply cannot boot an OS.
Dave Jon Elson wrote: > David Winter wrote: > >> Dear All, >> Anyone used a CF card as a hard drive? >> > They are kind of slow. Not too bad to read, but still can be a couple > megabytes a second, depending a lot on the adaptor. But, the write speed > can be REALLY slow, vastly slower than a normal hard drive. > > I think you can now get IDE to CF card adaptors, so any old BIOS can > handle it. > >> I thought I read >> here that someone has done it >> but I searched the wiki and didn't find anything. I have a card and >> adapter which I have partitioned >> with fdisk and formatted using format c: /s ( DOS ) but my PC >> won't boot from it. >> > This is a USB CF card adaptor? Many older BIOSs will not boot from USB. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
