Re: Windows 2000 or XP on USB or CF?

["Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

or, "What Kim Said" - beat me to the post by a matter of
minutes :)


On 9/16/07, Rob Iles <rob.iles@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> True - - it was a while back, and the 1GB limit was imposed by
external
> factors. Getting a bigger one will be beneficial in two ways - - 1 -
the
> obvious - less need to trim the OS, more storage space etc.
>
> 2 - relating to the limited write cycles. the CF will intelligently
remap
> bad sectors into unused space - thus, the more unused space you have,
the
> longer it will last before it runs out of all options! :)
>
> I *tried* to go completely RO on the boot drive, but it was a no go -
-
> too many log files /"hidden updates", registry changes etc -
- just would=
n't
> work.
>
> that said, my 1GB drive has been in use 24/7 for 18 months + primarily
as
> a print server/spooler, but also as an occasional file store for
digital
> photo frame - and it's still not showing any errors.
>
> IMHO, the limited write cycles isn't going to be much of a problem
> (obviously a different matter if it constantly hammered) - but given
> sufficient ram, and a properly disabled paging sub-system, you should
be
> good to go!
>
> R
>
>
> On 9/16/07, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >   > Yup,
> > >
> > > I have Win2KPro running on a 1GB CF Card.
> > >
> > > (CF Card connected to an IDE adapter).
> > >
> > > initially installed to an IDE Disk - stripped out all the
un-
> > > necessaries (I
> > > did it the hard way, before I found the Lite tools you
mention).
> >
> > Big CF cards are pretty cheap nowadays though... ;-)
> >
> > > Should be able to get it down to about 500MB. partition
magic to
> > resize
> > > it to EXACTLY the same size as the CF card, image it over -
pull disc
> > > out, connect CF - and away you go.
> >
> > *chuckle* Is it *REALLY* that simple? ;-)
> >
> > > Make sure you get the quickest CF you can find, else it's
horribly
> > > slow.
> >
> > TBH I only want to run *ONE* application and that'll be run
> > automatically
> > when booting ... just want to run a touchscreen UI to my HA kit.
Once
> > that's
> > booted then actual data rates to and from the card won't be an
issue.
> >
> > Is there any problem with windows doing writes to the "boot
drive" and
> > the
> > limited number of write cycles that CF cards have? I know you can
> > obviously
> > disable virtual memory but obviously it would be best if it were
> > possible to
> > write protect the boot device. I was toying with the idea of
using a
> > microdrive (the 1Gb one that I bought years ago for my first
decent
> > digital
> > camera at the now seemingly extortionate cost of =A3470) instead
of a t=
rue
> > solid state CF card as the microdrive doesn't suffer from
restricted
> > write
> > cycles.
> >
> > Phil
> >
>
>


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