On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:20:41AM +0800, jeffry s wrote: > i am not very sure this one can be done. > > i have a old computer at home without hardisk. it is quite old computer and > only support 2GB hardisk > since 2GB hardisk is quite rare this day. I am planning to install debian > into the 2GB pendrive (i know this one can be done). > > But the computer is quite old. No USB support not to mention BOOT FROM USB > feature. > i want to attach the kingston pendrive to the motherboard IDE using > USB-to-IDE cable. > > will this kind of hardware configuration supported by debian?
I don't know about a pen drive, but I saw recently on the norcotek website (they make industrial PC cases and accessories, SBCs, etc) a CF to IDE adapter that allowed a CF card to appear like a hard drive of whatever size so that no drivers were required. You will need a good quality flash device to prevent premature failure with the standard write activity. There are lots of things to consider, from mounting as many partitions as possible as "noatime", mounting /usr "ro", to seeing what can be off-loaded. Old computers tend not to have enough memory to use tmpfs memory filesystems too much. If you have other computers, you could do remote logging and turn off local logging, mount as much as you can via nfs, etc. I'm also looking at setting up a couple of old compters. One will be a fileserver so I'll be looking at paralell SCSI. Good luck. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
