On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 01:33:01PM +0200, S=F8ren Knudsen wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 12:54:21PM +0200, S=F8ren Knudsen wrote: > > > Hi All! > > >=20 > > > I'm looking into a flash hd solution for my linux firewall.=20 > > acscontrol=20 > > > manufactures a kind of pin/power converter for "compact=20 > > flash cards". Has=20 > > >anyone dealt with acscontrol or even used this thingy? > >=20 > > Not with acscontrol, but I have a couple of adapters from=20 > > PCEngines that plugs > > directly into the IDE socket. Works fine with both Sandisk CF=20 > > cards I have > > (8MB and 32MB). > >=20 > > It seems that PCEngines has gotten out of the direct delivery=20 > > business and now > > has distributors, who of course has added their markup. I=20 > > bought for $12 about > > 6 months ago. The same unit is now $20. >=20 > Can you comment on the speed of this solution Nope. It wasn't an issue for my purposes which right now is unloading ima= ges from my digital camera. If I get a chance I guess I can run a couple of h= dparm tests to analyze the performance. BAJ -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu