Check out www.linitx.com or more specifically http://linitx.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=22&src=adwords1 for compact flash IDE adaptor. I've used one of these with a 128MB compact flash card to boot smoothwall (no additional hard drives) and it works fine... you may run into arguments about the expected life cycle of read/write to CF but hey at £30 a pop and falling, and with >100,000 MTBF write operations you could expect it to last at least a few years... one thing to note is that older systems have a real hard time with these things, the old 486 box that my smootheall was on refused to work correctly with linux, it would get as far as uncompressing the kernel and then fail, but on a newer(ish) k6 233, it worked fine... and is pretty quick to boot... (faster than HDD)
----- Original Message ----- From: "mediaserver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:11 PM Subject: RE: [Freevo-users] Re Flash IDE drives for persistant Freevo OS > Here's another link, this one for a compact flash to IDE adapter for the > Mini-ITX. The same exist on a generic basis as well. You might also > check out peeweelinux.com. > > http://peeweelinux.com/ > http://shop.store.yahoo.com/ituner/micoflidead.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Q > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Freevo-users] Re Flash IDE drives for persistant Freevo OS > > > Mmm... I'm having trouble finding any of these drives... can anyone point me > in the right direction? Or maybe someone has one for sale? > > Another neat thing would be flash memory on a PCI card, as this would give > potentially very good data rates too. Again though, I'm not sure if anything > like that exists. > > Q > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Healy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Re Freevo as a persistant OS. > > > > Q wrote: > > > > > Can you possibly release a version Freevo specifically designed and > built > > > for use with damn small Linux? I am desperate to see a HTPC system that > will > > > fit on a small Linux distro that can be installed on a > > > > you could try freevix - www.freevix.org > > > > It meets _some_ of your criteria. It boots straight to freevo, is small, > > and supports Booting via USB/PXE/cf/HD however it does take a few > > minutes to boot and shows you the boot messages (although i presume > > there's a way to toggle this?) > > > > regards > > > > James > > > > -- > > ************************************************************ > > "Oder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und > > vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yoobetcha!" > > - The Sweedish Chef. > > > > personal : [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MelbWireless: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / ICQ : 6370237 > > publicKey: http://www.deefa.com/publicKey.txt > > ************************************************************ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > > > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > > _______________________________________________ > > Freevo-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
