> Hi Lee > > Thanks. OK, next question is how do laptops with in built card readers do > it? > > I admit I'm not sure if they are connected to the USB, PCI or IDE .... but > presuming it's the USB is there anything I need to look out for when looking > for a card reader, apart from what I've already mentioned? > > The ability to boot from a CF card is not on my immiediate horizon, although > to use it as a place to run apps from may well be. > > E Laptop hardware is law unto itself, I've seen USB card readers, weird IDE bridges, PCMCIA bridges, you name it...
The issue here is that that they are built to be hotswap-able, the IBM Thinkpad Bays that can take floppy drives, harddrives, optical drives or batteries are an excellent example of this... they may be IDE (and then some), but they are built to be hotswap-able, and have hardware, bios and OS driver support to be able to do this. Most standard motherboards don't, basically to keep the cost down... When was the last time anyone here felt the need to hotswap a drive out a a running PC? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
