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Re: [ts-7000] Microdrive / Type II CF?

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Microdrive / Type II CF?
From: Andrew Lees <>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 10:05:21 +1000
Mark Carlson wrote:
Hello all,

I currently have a TS7200 and was wondering if anyone has used a
Microdrive or anything similar with it.  I know the Microdrives are
Type II CF, so will they fit? (I'm a newbie when it comes to that sort
of thing.)

Here is a link to a Hitachi Microdrive I am considering getting:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006ZSUHY/104-6667107-8921500?v=glance&n=172282
http://tinyurl.com/lt5s3 (tinyurl'd in case the original gets broken up)

The only reason I am considering getting a Microdrive is becuase I'm
going to be doing a lot of logging during development and I don't want
to burn out my CF disks very often.  I might just end up doing the
logging over NFS, but I would appreciate responses from people who
have used a small hard drive with this board.

-Mark


Mark,

It might depend on the CF socket installed on the board.  I could not install a microdrive on a board I have here because of the socket.  It just wouldn't fit. Electricaly it should be compatible.

Ext2 is probably ok, the wear leveling should occur in the hardware, I believe. Someone please correct me on this if they know better!  Just make sure you mount the file system with the "noatime" option.  Also you might put your logging on a different file system/partition than the rest of the system, then you can make parts of the system read only, and avoid power down issues.

I have used the minix file system (low disc space overhead) for small partitions and ext2 for larger ones. I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for the best choice on CF cards?

Andrew


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