Using CF card as internal drive in TAM?

[snuci]

Since my Adtron doesn't take a 16GB CF card, I need to upgrade my TAM drive anyway. Will a simple IDE to CF card work or is there a special type required to replace the internal drive? Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Byrd]

I believe CF is pin compatible with IDE, with the the requisite 2.5" IDE to CF adapter it'll work well. I'd turn off virtual memory and make sure you save your "essential" data to another location.

 

[NJRoadfan]

Should work, just keep the boot partition below the 8.4GB boundary.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Wouldn't an IDE<->SD card solution be a whole lot easier? Lots of comrades use them in PowerBooks. The SCSI<->CF is for non-IDE Macs and would be wasted on the TAM as I understand it.

Maybe I'm missing something, is there some reason why CF would be better than SD?

 

[MacJunky]

Not that it matters for Macs, but I have always liked CF cards for:

their speed

IDE+dumb passive adapter means there is less possibility of incompatibility

...This next one is just luck I think. I have killed multiple SD cards in cameras but never killed a CF card in a computer. Different uses, yes. Wear levelling is not part of the SD spec, and I do not think it is part of the CF spec either but I appear to end up with more wear levelling capable CF cards than SD cards. *shrug*

 

[NJRoadfan]

CF cards have an on board controller. Its likely that is where the wear leveling function is coming from.

 

[snuci]

Okay so I do have an ICe -> CF in my Amiga 1200. I assume I could use that to make sure it works. But now I have some basic questions. Can I just copy to whole drive to a SCSI drive, replace the IDE drive and them boot from external SCSI to copy the drive back? I assume I can't connect two IDE drives at the same time because there's only one IDE ribbon cable.

Any help is much appreciated.