Hardware Talk :: Q about CF IDE adapter?

I see this listing in the store.

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Mini-ITX Compact Flash IDE Adapter $19.95
IDE/Compact Flash (CF) 3.5 inch 40 pin connector $19.95
IDE/Compact Flash 2.5 inch 44 pin connector $19.95
IDE/Compact Flash 3.5 inch 40 pin connector $19.95
Damn Small Linux on a CF card $55.00

My questions here are as follows.

#1; What's the difference between item 2 and item 4?
#2; Which CF is item 5 on?

Now comes some other questions about the use of this IDE adapter.

#3; Can this adapter be used in a normal PC as hda, with an acompaning hdb, etc?

#4; If so does it use jumper settings, as such?

My reason for asking is, I have a lot of older hardware, including HDs. But sometimes these new tech hardware doesn't work well with older hardware.

My idea was to (if it works) place a CF as hda read only with DSL and have hdb for all wright purposes.

I like the idea of a slient fanless PC, but I have this old hardware, if I could get the benifit of;

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- Fast startup, no spin up time, or USB bottleneck
- high transfer rate
- phisically very durable
- compatibility with IDE drivers, nothing special needed

Wouldn't that improve the preformance of this old hardware somewhat?

I have this:

IDE/Compact Flash (CF) 3.5 inch 40 pin connector $19.95

I use the adapter as hda with a regular hard drive as hdb. Works great. However, hdb is other distros, not DSL. My CF card is 512Mb and is large enuf for any DSL stuff I do. DSL is installed as frugal, of course, and loads into ram and is very fast.

Your Questions:
#1 I don't know
#2 DSL preinstalled on a CF card, not adapter
#3 Yes
#4 Mine has a jumper for Master or off for not master.

I just bought an Epia 5000 and a CF100 Compactflash IDE Adapter for it, but not sure where the additional wire comes from:

Simply pluging the Adapter into the IDE slot doesn't seem to register the CF disk when I boot DSL. No "hda" entry in fstab or dmesg.

Booting from a USB pen.

Quote (orbitron @ Feb. 05 2006,16:31)

I just bought an Epia 5000 and a CF100 Compactflash IDE Adapter for it, but not sure where the additional wire comes from:

Simply pluging the Adapter into the IDE slot doesn't seem to register the CF disk when I boot DSL. No "hda" entry in fstab or dmesg.

Booting from a USB pen.

That appears to be either the HD led plug, or power cable...perhaps this is why the system is registering the CFDisk is because it isnt getting power....try finding that power cable or read the docs on that adapter to find out exacly what it is

Brian
AwPhuch

The power for my CF adapter is a regular Molex connector.
I would think it safe to assume that the adapter needs power, just as a hard drive would, for the system to see it.

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