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01-22-2011, 08:40 AM | #1 |
Cooling Neophyte
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: UK
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SD to IDE Converter
Hi Guys
Been reading the Forum for a bit while deciding what to do about improving the network storage here after a couple of near death experiences. I bought a Snap 210 for a good price on ebay and should have stopped at that but on the same day there was a 4200 with 4x80GB that I put a low bid in for and got for $35. I guess I should have known there would be a problem and it turned out all the drives had been wiped. So what to do? Well I decided to "borrow" the OS from the 210. Anyway afer a lot of messing about, these systems are new to me, failing to make images that worked I got everything up and running. So just thought I would share something that helped me along the way. I suspect not a new idea but might be useful for others. An IDE to SD converter, about $4 on ebay. Put in a 2GB SD card and away you go. A very quick and easy way to "move around" your operating system. Much easier than images, much smaller than hard discs. Rich |
01-22-2011, 01:29 PM | #2 |
Thermophile
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Yakima, WA
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Re: SD to IDE Converter
EXCELLENT IDEA and implementation!
We need more of this type thing around here. Good job mate, good job!
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01-22-2011, 02:45 PM | #3 |
Thermophile
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Plano, TX
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Re: SD to IDE Converter
Very good tip, never even gave them a thought.
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