LC630 compact flash issues

[classic]

G'day

So I've got this Apple LC630 and have upgraded the memory to 36MB.

I also put in an 80GB drive and while great in terms of storage, I want to see system performance with a compact flash card.

I got the adapter (just a cheapie from china) and a 512MB card, hooked it all up, bus set to master and boot 7.6.1

Fire up Drive Setup and the card is recognised, but its not mounted and the utility won't let me mount it.

I tried to initialise also, but that results in an error in the initialisation process.

Should I use an alternative program (LIDO, to format the CF card or maybe I have overestimated the LC630's ATA bus

I've never done this before and need some guidance from the finest 68k minds around.

Any help much appreciated.

 

[Macdrone]

I would try a third party format. Apples first try at IDE was pretty scetchy at best. I don't think the LC is gonna get much "performance" really. A larger cache IDE drive with faster roms may help. You would be better off putting in a full 040 processor.

Good luck.

 

[Byrd]

The "cheapness" of the card doesn't matter as the CF --> IDE adapter is just a bridge at best. Try formatting the card using Drive Setup on another Mac (using the same adapter, if possible). Your 80GB drive will probably provide considerably better performance than an old CF card ...

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

The IDE implementation is likely faster than the SCSI bus on that machine, I need to test one of my 2.5" server drives against the allegedly cheap (ostensibly "slow") original IDE drive in my Q630.

 

[classic]

Yeah, I'd really dig a full 040 in this here rig, when I find one and have the dollars, I'll fit it.

I have come to my senses and realised that the 80GB IDE drive works quite well and if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Cheers and thanks for all the advice.