On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 02:37:44PM +0100, DosWorld via Freedos-user wrote: > 1. This is bad idea - use flash cards for swap or more modern os (like all > windows). I had experience with 16 TF cards, which die after 1 year (rewrite > limit). All 16 cards work in non-overloaded machines.
My CF card is used as "HDD" 3rd month - we'll see in 9 months will it survive. I doubt it "must die" after a year of use - consider all that photocameras that use CF cards; their owners probably had to buy new CF cards each year. > 2. Use last generation of motherboard for Pentium-1 (as minimum) with VIA > Apollo chipset (designed for Pentium and Amd K6/K6-2) - only this chipset > understand ATA100 native and allow connect CF via simple IDE-CF reductor I use that CF card with old 486 Soyo-SiS mobo (and the "simple reductor"). > (intel VX/HX - NO). As i understand, problem is - no support ATA100 in > older IDE-controllers. In other case, you need use PCI-IDE cards or special > modern ISA-IDE controllers (designed specially for use with CF). I use that CF card with old VLB IDE controller. Seems to be working just fine, the only problem is 2 GB limit; it can't "see" any larger partition. Anyway it's not related to CF card, but to controller rather -- regards, Zbigniew _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
