Other Help Topics :: Frugal CF installation

Hi Libretto,

There's probably more I should be doing, but I don't do anything more than not opening a spreadsheet or presentation, for example, when I have a word processing document open. I mostly use OO to open or create Word-compatible text documents, so this isn't much of an issue for me anyway.

Back when I had only 128MB of RAM on this notebook I had lots of problems (bad freezing) with latger applications such as OO and the GIMP. You may need to experiment and see how much you can load at once, but don't risk any important unsaved data and be ready to force reboots if your system runs out of RAM and freezes up.

I haven't found any solution to getting a CF to BOOT in an IBM 240 yet...

but.. I have RUN the lappy from one.. Using an external floppy to boot the box.

Even with the latest firmware, the IBMer just doesn't want to accept
the fact that the LEXAR ATA FLASH is to be the hard drive..

but once booted, it runs peachy..

Strange, how even my old Toshiba P99 , which is MUCH older,
uses the CF-2-IDE with no issues.. Shame it only holds 40MB ram..

Same with my Dell, my other IBMers, and a KDS, even my desktops.
Only the lil' 240 gives me a problem with booting from it.
I even repartitioned the card to have 63 SPT, and 512 bytes per sector.
No dice..

73
ke4nt

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