[ltp] Booting a R51 of CF

Chris Schumann linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:22:19 -0500 (CDT)


On Thu, September 25, 2008 6:49 am, Laurent Gilson said:
> Hi,
>
> my HD died and i want a silent alternative. Can the R51 boot from
> CardBus-CF adapters? (thinkwiki says "maybe"...) Or do i need a
> PATA-CF adapter?

Seeing as the CardBus (or rather, PCMCIA 16-bit) to CF adapters are cheap,
it would be great to get a definitive sample of one, so please do try and
then update Thinkwiki.

In my experience, some models do (560E) and some don't (600E), and it's
hard to say without giving it a try.

Chris