[ltp] IDE / 44 pin Compact Flash Adapter

[wes schreiner]

Brent Brian wrote:
> I have been using the ADDONICS *Dual CF-IDE Adapter (2 slots) model: 
> AD44MIDE2CF* for quite a while now with FEDORA 7 on a 600e.
> 
> I installed 2 4G compact flash cards
> 
> .....battery life is MUCH BETTER
> .....completely silent when fan is off
> .....boots and runs faster
> ...../ is on IDE MASTER
> ...../home is on IDE SLAVE.
> 
> The install is brain dead easy and requires no changes at all to 
> anything (you may need long billed needle nose pliers).
> 
> B

What sort of speed do you get?  hdparm -tT  or bonnie++ numbers

Did you remove the hard drive?

What are the needle-nose pliers for?

While this sounds interesting, because the 600e has no built-in ethernet 
or WiFi it would require a USB adapter for any kind of network access.

wes