I've had SOME problem with the ide ones in the past. It depends on the card you get with ide....the sata ones tend to work regardless...I'm not saying not to use ide, i'm just saying you might have to research your cf cards if you do. not all ide->cf will boot.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Kyle McDonald <kmcdon...@egenera.com>wrote: > Adam Sherman wrote: > >> On 6-Aug-09, at 11:50 , Kyle McDonald wrote: >> >>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> This product looks really interesting: >>>> >>>> http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad2sahdcf.asp >>>> >>>> But I can't confirm it will show both cards as separate disks… >>>> >>> My read is that it won't (which is supported by the single SATA data >>> connector,) but it will do the mirroring for you. >>> >> >> Turns out the FAQ page explains that it will not, too bad. >> >> I know that I generally prefer to let ZFS handle the redundancy for me, >>> but for you it may be enough to let this do the mirroring for the root pool. >>> >> >> I'm with you there. >> >> It seems too expensive to get 2. Do they have a cheaper one that takes >>> only 1 CF card? >>> >> >> I just ordered a pair of the Syba units, cheap enough too test out anyway. >> > Oh. I was looking and if you have an IDE socket, this will do separate > master/slave devices: > (no IDE cable needed, it plugs right into the MB - There's another that > uses a cable if you prefer.) > > http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adeb44idecf.asp > > And 2 of these (which look remarkably like the Syba ones) would work too: > > http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adsahdcf.asp > > They're only 30 each so 2 of those are less than the dual one. > > > -Kyle > > > > >> Now to find some reasonably priced 8GB CompactFlash cards… >> >> Thanks, >> >> A. >> >> -- >> Adam Sherman >> CTO, Versature Corp. >> Tel: +1.877.498.3772 x113 >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >
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