----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Weisgerber) Date: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:57 am Subject: Re: help needed with laptop hdd To: misc@openbsd.org
> Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just learned that the disk in the X40 is kind of special. It is > a 1.8" > > hard disk that does NOT use the ZIF connector (these are somewhat > common) > > but the same 44pin connector 2.5" disks use. 1.8" disks with that > > connector have only ever been made by Hitachi. > > Hmm. I've been entertaining thoughts of putting a flash drive into > my X40, as soon as these become more readily available, but I suppose > the special connector will render this difficult as well. :-( > > -- > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber > [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'd be unhappy with the write cycle longevity of a flash drive for regular use anyway. Flash and super dense mag drives seem fine for use if write/erase only happens occasionally (i.e. embedded/mp3 etc...) The next step: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferroelectric_RAM
