5 Jun
2013
5 Jun
'13
11:29 a.m.
On June 5, 2013 at 10:57 AM Liam Proven <lproven at
gmail.com> wrote:
On 5 June 2013 12:47, Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> wrote:
Very true, but the 3.5" to 2.5" and the 40GB drive were free (from the old PC
stuff box I keep). So, while I might do CF at some point, it's not like the
current setup cost anything.
You could also use a CompactFlash card with a CF
to IDE adapter board. They
even make some of these adapters in a 2.5" HDD formfactor which can be used
with a 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket.
That is what I was going to suggest. They're cheap, too, especially
with a tiny CF card like a 512MB one or something.
If you got creative with DR-DOS or FreeDOS, you could possibly run
FAT32 on it, but it seems a lot more trouble than it's worth. But a
1GB CF and an adaptor would probably come to about the cost of a pint
of beer, where I am. :?)
Which might be the most important factor. No sense wasting so many GB if not
effectively usable.
Jim