From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Aug 9 13:40:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from diskfarm.firehouse.net (rdu25-12-043.nc.rr.com [24.25.12.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35A2A37BF08 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 13:40:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from abc@diskfarm.firehouse.net) Received: (from abc@localhost) by diskfarm.firehouse.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA66290; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 16:46:22 GMT (envelope-from abc) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 16:46:22 +0000 From: Alan Clegg To: Warner Losh Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Flash disk support over USB? Message-ID: <20000809164622.R59189@diskfarm.firehouse.net> References: <200008082308.RAA44002@harmony.village.org> <20000808152310.A34869@setzer.chocobo.cx> <14736.11357.195584.7158@trooper.velocet.net> <20000808120450.G38455@diskfarm.firehouse.net> <200008082308.RAA44002@harmony.village.org> <200008092031.OAA50408@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <200008092031.OAA50408@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 02:31:09PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Out of the ether, Warner Losh spewed forth the following bitstream: > I'd also like to add that the microdrives have a much higher current > requirement than the CF spec guarantees, especially for spinup. Maybe > the CF reader device was unable to deliver the power in such a way as > to damage the microdrive. Could well be. Since I am so clueless as to how it all works, I'll throw in the obligatory "well, it works under windows". > The newer 1G microdrives use much less power on powerup, and should > work with a wider range of devices. But, costing 3x as much as the little ones, I'm even more hesitant to stick one in a USB device. 8-) AlanC -- Alan B. Clegg abc@bsdi.com Member of Technical Staff http://www.bsdi.com Berkeley Software Design, Inc. 1-800-800-4BSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message