Re: Emacs & Space

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Warner Losh wrote:

> In message <397FC23F.B1CDF862_at_jps.net> Ken Locarnini writes:
> : Can we set up a swap partition on an external drive like a microdrive?
>
> I don't know about the iPaq, but I'd imagine it would have to be an
> internal drive. As far as I know there are no external IDE
> CompactFlash cards available (there are several pccard IDE external

Actually all CF cards can operate in TrueIDE mode, it's just a matter of
pulling up/down the right signals to get it there. Techinically just GND
pin 39 I think(check the CF spec) and you can "get away" with it.

> cards available, however). I also don't think there are any PCCARD to
> CF adapaters that go from a CF card to a pccard slot. They are all
> the other way around (going from a pccard to a CF slot).
>

Sycard (www.sycard.com) makes some of these adaptors but they are more
engineering devices not everyday use type of thing. Honestly it wouldn't
be hard to build a CF adaptor that puts the card into TrueIDE mode, you'd
just need to butt two connectors back to back and hookup 7 or 8 wires to
the right place(VCC or GND for those who don't care about power
consumption).

I modified a PCMCIA adaptor card that takes a CF card and puts it into
TrueIDE mode. Mine was made from an ITT Cannon CF to PCMCIA adaptor and it
was tested in in a Brutus(and of course it worked =) w/kernel 2.2.12.

Thanks,
Vasant.
Received on Wed Jul 26 2000 - 22:19:35 EDT