[mythtvnz] CompactFlash to SATA adapters for /

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 1:43 PM, tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> On 30/11/2010 12:46 p.m., Jonathan Hoskin wrote:
>>
>>>>> Has anyone tried running a MythTV (specifically Mythbuntu) system
>>>>> from
>>>>> a CompactFlash card through a CF to SATA adapter?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I have installed several on CF cards using CF to SATA adapters.
>>>> What makes the most difference is the speed of the CF card you use. You
>>>> can get some particularly slow ones which are just painful.
>>>
>>> So is there a local source for CF->SATA or SD->SATA adapters?
>>
>> I would also be interested in seeing the actual price difference between a usefully sized and performant CF + adapter, versus the cheapest SSDs. Noting that a 32GB SSD can be had for under $120 now.


I would have thought that 8G would be sufficient for a frontend and
that thereofre $56 per this auction (chosen at random, no connection
to the seller etc etc) would do the trick:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Hard-drives/Other/auction-335633407.htm