Subject: Re: new cf-card wont boot
To: NetBSD port-hpcarm mailing list <port-hpcarm@netbsd.org>
From: Julian Coleman <jdc@coris.org.uk>
List: port-hpcarm
Date: 12/16/2004 08:04:57
> > >Which CF cards are everyone using (that fit in the compact flash
> > >socket) that are of a decent speed? Im looking at a sandisk ultra 512
> 
> I wonder whether the 'speed' of a CF disk matters in the case of the HP
> Jornada. Has anyone run benchmarks?

I'm using a Sandisk Ultra 512 in my Jornada.  A quick test with dd showed
that it was about 1.75 times as fast as a (normal) Sandisk 256Mb CF.  The
Jornada does seem to boot faster now but there's not that much difference
in normal use.

J

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