i've seen some people use usb sticks, and in practice it works on SOME machines. The biggest difference is that the bios has to allow for usb booting. Most of todays computers DO. Personally i like compact flash because it is fairly easy to use as a cheap alternative to a hard drive. I mirror the cf drives exactly like they are hard drives so if one fails i just replace it. USB is a little harder to do that with because they are just not as consistent as compact flash. But honestly it should work and many people do this.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Adam Sherman <asher...@versature.com>wrote: > On 5-Aug-09, at 12:07 , Thomas Burgess wrote: > >> i would be VERY surprised if you couldn't fit these in there SOMEWHERE, >> the sata to compactflash adapter i got was about 1.75 inches across and very >> very thin, i was able to mount them side by side on top of the drive tray in >> my machine, you can easily make a bracket...i know a guy who used double >> sided tape! but, check out this picturehttp:// >> www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186051 most of them >> can be found like this, they are VERY VERY thin and can be mounted just >> about anywhere. they don't get very hot. I've used them on a few machines, >> opensolaris and freebsd. I'm a big fan of compact flash. >> > > > What about USB sticks? Is there a difference in practice? > > Thanks for the advice, > > > A. > > -- > Adam Sherman > CTO, Versature Corp. > Tel: +1.877.498.3772 x113 > > > >
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