> I did share some correspondence where it was implied that there might be >a difference between >manufacturers and achieving success with my intended >use, but I never bought another brand to try >it out. I also received >correspondence from 1400 owners which said this application (boot disk) >>worked for them. > >I also tried it for VM but I did not notice any speed difference in the >short time I used it. I may go back and try it again. > >I'm looking forward to some success stories with a 5300 machine and a CF >card as a boot disk on this thread. :-)
Just to make sure that nothing has changed: I just hauled out my 5300ce (OS 8.1) (wow I need to get around to getting an active display for my 1400 sometime, twice now they were super cheap on ebay when I was away on vacation, grumble) and booted it just fine with my CF card rescue disk. (sequence of events: boot the ce (OS8.1), insert the CF (8.1 is on the CF), select the CF as boot volume in the "startup disk control panel). Reboot, boots from card first try. In my 5300cs (OS 8.6), I did get a "bus error" a couple times before it would fire up. I had put the CF in while the laptop was powered off, at bootup with the CF already in place the 5300cs got confused for the first couple boot attempts, I hit the reset button in the back, it then booted fine (from the HD) with the CF still inserted, then I could use "startup disk" to select the CF and it booted just fine from the CF. PRAM confusion, likely. But it gets sorted out in the end. If I boot the 5300cs, put in the CF, select the CF as boot volume, it boots fine on the first try. The CF card is a 64 meg Sandisk, the PC Card adapter is a Microtech CF adapter. I know that the ATA implementation is a little different between brands, and other tidbits like in CF the ATA interface chip is in the card where smartmedia it's in the adapter, or _vice versa_, (I might have mangled that detail pretty well, I wasn't paying attention on the mailing list that day I guess, and it doesn't really matter here). But it can work...but just to clarify it shows up as a removeable drive no matter what, not as RAM. It's either a PC drive or a Mac drive on the desktop. If you boot from it, the PB is very quiet :) Brian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
