15 January 2011, 18:02 | #1 |
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Dual Compact Flash to IDE controller.
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I have recently purchased from someone off ebay a Dual CF to IDE converter - basically the same as a CF to IDE card but with two CF slots and jumpers for master/slave. Question - should this work on the standard A1200 ide interface? Do I need a buffered interface? Dan |
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I never tested it with Buffered IDE device though as it was one of those that fits right onto the IDE header. Steve. |
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I'm going to use a 512mb cf for Workbench & 4gb for game with the buffered interface. Can I use a 4gb partition or is it best to split it into two 2gb ones? |
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If I were you I'd do a bootable 250mb partition on it in case you want to use another workbench and the rest as a single partition. Thats how all my 4gb CF's are setup (with SFS) Steve. |
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Cool, I can't wait for it to arrive!
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Is it one of those with one CF card on either side of the PCB? I think they're mainly for RAID, so maybe some special ones could have problems being used in non-RAID. But I don't think so, since RAID expects two separate harddisks. Maybe Steve got a special one, if both are seen they should be usable as two harddisks in non-RAID even if (!) the card is made for RAID to start with.
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I have also been using one, on a buffered interface but it should work on straight ide.
I have one with a CF card on each side of the PCB as Photon descibed and it works fine for me. |
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