On Dec 4, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Peter Coghlan wrote:
The setup works but it's not ideal. The biggest
problem is when I swap the
CF card, the combination sulks until I power both adapters off and on again
together. I vaguely recall that a more expensive ACARD adapter (or possibly
IDE to CF adapter - I forget which) may have offered the ability to hotswap
the card.
I think you'll find that problem with most IDE<->CF adaptors; if they're
using CF's native IDE mode, the card is as hotswappable as a regular disk (i.e. not at
all, and you risk frying something). I suppose someone might make an IDE<->CF
bridge that uses the card's regular memory mode, but I would imagine it's unusual
simply because an IDE mode adaptor can be done completely passively.
- Dave