[ltp] Flash HD in R51 (via CF and ultrabay)

[hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)]

On 14 January 2007, at 14:31, Richard Neill wrote:

>
> YMMV about whether the thinkpad will boot with ONLY an ultrabay  
> device and no device in the normal HDD socket.. It seems to be  
> thinkpad specific - certainly when I tried the X22 with USB boot  
> (which normally works fine), the BIOS failed if the HDD socket was  
> empty.

Ooh, this reminds me to say, that an R51 might take 30 seconds to 1  
minute to POST with no disk, but it WILL do it.
>
>
> Caveats:
>
> i)You may want to back up your *data* elsewhere periodically -  
> since CF cards aren't all that reliable, especially with a  
> journalling FS. But 1 million writes is still a pretty good  
> lifetime. It depends on your application: for the media centre, I  
> don't really care if the disk dies in 2 years, since all I'd lose  
> is the OS itself; my data is on NFS.
>
>
> ii) The physical mounting of a CF/IDE adapter isn't that great. I  
> advise some foam packing to help it stay put.  You'll also need to  
> insulate the bottom of the adapter PCB with something. [Eg a  
> plastic sheet cut from a CDROM wallet. Don't use insulating tape -  
> it disintegrates over about 3 months]
>
> iii)The HDD plastic cover is normally fixed to the HDD itself. So,  
> if you want to hold this in place, you'll need some workaround. I  
> just made an interference fit with some expanded polystyrene foam,  
> which is fine for me, since I never move the machine.
>
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Richard
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