Re: [Devil-linux-develop] ATA flash?

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:

>Dear mailing list,
>
>I've been looking for something other than USB for a machine which won't
>boot from USB flash.  So I started browsing around for ATA flash.  I've
>never seen one before and don't really know anything about them.
>
>It appears from what I've seen on web sites that ATA flash has a PCMCIA
>interface???  I want to put this in a tower, not a laptop.  What am I
>missing here?  Do I need a PCMCIA PCI adapter in my tower or something?
>Are there other ATA flash cards that plug into a 40 pin IDE controller?
>  
>
Another thing:
A major problem is using/finding cards which have a write protect switch.
When I recall it correctly, the secure-something cards have one.

Heiko