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CF to SD adapters

by Scott Lawrence-4 :: Rate this Message:

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Have any of you tried out adapters like this:

http://www.amazon.com/PhotoFast-CR-7000-SDHC-Type-Adapter/dp/B0015EXX5E

I'm wondering if it would work to get one of these, and use it in my
z50; to get BSD to boot off of it.

Certainly would be much easier than using my CF card reader to move
files around (which is a 2.5" USB-IDE drive carrier with a 2.5"-CF
adapter in it. ugh)

-s
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Scott Lawrence
yorgle@...

Re: CF to SD adapters

by Andy Ruhl :: Rate this Message:

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On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...> wrote:
Have any of you tried out adapters like this:

http://www.amazon.com/PhotoFast-CR-7000-SDHC-Type-Adapter/dp/B0015EXX5E

I'm wondering if it would work to get one of these, and use it in my
z50; to get BSD to boot off of it.

Certainly would be much easier than using my CF card reader to move
files around (which is a 2.5" USB-IDE drive carrier with a 2.5"-CF
adapter in it. ugh)

It says it's CF type II so it should work, but I've never used one.

Seems like it would be cheaper and easier to get a cheapie USB CF card reader?

Andy

Re: CF to SD adapters

by jscottkasten :: Rate this Message:

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I for one would be interested to know if this SD-CF unit works well under NetBSD.  High capacity SD is much easier to find, and usually cheaper than high capacity CF.

The pervasiveness of SD slots on newer devices does make this a win-win solution as there is no need to carry around an extra module just to move files between devices.

-S-

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Andy Ruhl <acruhl@...> wrote:

> From: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@...>
> Subject: Re: CF to SD adapters
> To: "Scott Lawrence" <yorgle@...>
> Cc: "hpcmips NetBSD mailing list" <port-hpcmips@...>
> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 7:31 AM
> On Fri, Aug 21,
> 2009 at 6:55 AM, Scott Lawrence <yorgle@...>
> wrote:
>
> Have any of you tried out adapters like this:
>
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/PhotoFast-CR-7000-SDHC-Type-Adapter/dp/B0015EXX5E
>
>
>
> I'm wondering if it would work to get one of these, and
> use it in my
>
> z50; to get BSD to boot off of it.
>
>
>
> Certainly would be much easier than using my CF card reader
> to move
>
> files around (which is a 2.5" USB-IDE drive carrier
> with a 2.5"-CF
>
> adapter in it. ugh)
>
> It says it's CF type II so it should work, but I've
> never used one.
>
> Seems like it would be cheaper and easier to get a cheapie
> USB CF card reader?
>
> Andy
>
>
>