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On Tue, 2 Sep 1997 22:56:12 -0700 phr@netcom.com (Paul Rubin) writes: > Flash cards work real well, but their expensive! I got my 5MB >card > (mine is a genuine IBM, like 50% of my hardware!), and it >installed > easily for OS/2, and DOS when I had it in my machine. I paid >about > 90 bucks for it from a surplus place, but the retail places >should be > lowering to that range about now. > >Thanks. I got a couple of IBM 10 MB cards for $150 each last year, >but you can get them for around $100 now surplus. IBM cards are >actually made by Sandisk. Larger cards seem to be around $12.50/MB. >I've had the idea of doing a Linux installation using a 20 MB ramdisk >to hold system files (so they can vanish at shutdown and be restored >from HD at reboot) and a 10 MB flash card for user files. But >that's only 30 MB of space, not much for Linux; and it requires >hacking up the software in various ways to split the system across >three file systems (flash, ram, and HD). So the easiest way is >probably to just buy a large, expensive flash card. If my financial >condition improves in the next year I'll seriously consider it. > So you must really hate noisy machines like the original XT or PC, huh? Flash is nice, but I only store critical (or they used to be, at least) files on it, and I wish I had the more expensive option except that it's too expensive. Believe it or not, I like both noisy machines, and quiet machines, but I have 1 original PC, a Linux server, and a 386 on 24-7 now. I think with the ThinkPad hard drives you can use software routines to power down the spindle motor, besides always pressing Fn-F6, but I don't have a clue how to do it. I probably need to learn assembly first. Call IBM Storage Systems Division for additional ?s. Later, Paul Paul