I have been using a PCI to IDE adapter from PC Engines (www.pcengines.com) and any random Compact Flash you can find. Total cost was $12-$18 for the adapter (depending on the type - see site), and I picked up a couple 80 MB CF cards for around $35 ea (they are really getting cheap these days...) In all, a std flash (just to boot the IDE - Adam's RedBoot hacking is looking promising for this!) + IDE/CF solution is pretty comprable to getting a DoC, and IMO it's easier to develop with and has huge upgrade potential if necessary (ie. 512MB is the current max?) I'm using a flash prorgrammer to burn the BIOS, and a USB programmer to write the CF (I recommend the SanDisk USB CF adapter as the Linux drivers are good). Additionally, I assume IDE spin up is not a factor, either...
Of course, not that I still have yet to get the complete combination (LinuxBIOS + RedBoot + CF IDE) working together - the only piece left is booting IDE, and since I've been pretty busy I thought it better to wait and let Adam do the hard work ;) -Jake On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > > What's the cheapest way to get flash in? Compact flash on PCI adapter? IDE > flash? any comments? > > ron > >
