Re: jfs/linux

laird@sigkill.org
2 Nov 1999 15:35:28 -0000

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In article <E11iZN3-00027B-00@devel2.axiom.internal> you write:
>
>alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said:
>> Ditto with Compact flash (ATAPI). Compact flash according to the docs
>> does its own wear levelling. Im still baffled why people use the
>> other stuff 8)
>
>Cost, size, complexity.
>
>Why muck about with PCMCIA/IDE chipsets and CompactFlash when you can just
>dump a chunk of NOR flash straight on your mainboard (or in a DIMM slot) and
>use that?

Because you can remove it from the system without using a screwdriver
:-). This counts as a major plus for some of us. Plus, it's
*trivial* to connect an ATA flash card reader to a mass-market
motherboard and then throw PCMCIA or CF flash cards into it. It ends
up costing ~$150 for 8MB of bootable, removable flash this way, and
you can scale up to 400+ MB of flash, if you need it.

Scott

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