[mythtv-users] New Frontend, Any gotchas with Compact Flash storage

[Martin Turner]

David Whyte wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Just won a new Aopen mini PC on eBay but will need to add a harddrive
> and RAM.  The box supports IDE HDDs, but I was thinking of going the
> silent solution and getting a IDE - CF adaptor and a CF card since
> this will be a FE only machine (or if I do add as a BE it will record
> to the master BE over an NFS mount).
>
> Is there anything I should know about CF cards?  Are there any type
> that I should get which is quicker than the other.  Will a CF card be
> much quicker or the same as an IDE HDD for boot up?
>
> Regards,
> Whytey
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Get a card that supports DMA. My first experience with trying this was 
with a very basic IDE to CF adapter that didn't support this, and the 
drive swapped to PIO mode and caused so may IO errors I couldn't get a 
base system to boot cleanly.

After looking around it seems most CF cards are slower than HDDs, 
although they take up next to no space, produce almost no heat and use 
very little power..