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What Compact Flash Reader/Writer should I buy tomorrow???
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New MessageWhat Compact Flash Reader/Writer should I buy tomorrow??? (modified 0 times) hall
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I'm wanting to buy a compact flash reader tomorrow... I've got a memorex 32mb card with my audrey image.. i would like to back it up on a win2000 box and use gemulator to write, restore and archive new images.. BUT!, which reader/writer is PROVEN to work with win2k? I've heard lots of rants about win98 vs. 2k reading different file sizes and some problems with sandisk readers.. What about the ZIO? Is it the one to use?

Thank you in advance...

Hall

03-26-2002 21:09:45

New MessageRE:What Compact Flash Reader/Writer should I buy tomorrow??? (modified 0 times) ezflyer
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have not done win2k but the zio worked great for me for 98.
am now using xp and found an Antec pcmcia -> cf adapter at
CompUSA for $12 that works great for me in my laptop
03-26-2002 22:36:07

New MessageRE:What Compact Flash Reader/Writer should I buy tomorrow??? (modified 0 times) jrmaudrey
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I have no experience with Win2K, but I've successfully moved images from Windows ME to SanDisk 32 MB cards with SanDisk ImageMates -- both the SDDR-31 and the SDDR-05. The SDDR-31 is also recognized by RedHat Linux 7.1, but I don't have any direct experience working with Audrey images in Linux.
03-26-2002 23:18:35

New MessageRE:What Compact Flash Reader/Writer should I buy tomorrow??? (modified 0 times) jhd3rd
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The Zio reader works great with Gemulator under Win98, but like others, I haven't tried Win2k. Some people have reported difficulty in getting Gemulator to see the Sandisk reader, but I don't think anyone ever figured out why. For some reason I thought Gemulator only supported Win9x, you might want to check that as well.
03-27-2002 06:29:50

New MessageRE:What Compact Flash Reader/Writer should I buy tomorrow??? (modified 0 times) Infinity
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sandisk 32mb cf and sandisk usb cf reader work great in win2000. you can probably ignore all the threads about getting the real size of the cf by using this number 32112640 for the size. it works perfectly with mkcf and ntrw. if you use ntrw read it will give you a different number,don't use it.
03-27-2002 07:47:07

New MessageRE:What Compact Flash Reader/Writer should I buy tomorrow??? (modified 0 times) jhd3rd
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By the way, if you already have shell access and a network share, by far the easiest way to do image backups and restores is just by using Audrey. You can cat directly to and from the share, there are several old threads that discuss this, here and at audreyhacking.com. The command would be something like:

cat /dev/fs0p0 /dev/fs0p1 > /share/backup.img for a backup
cat /share/backup.img > /dev/cf for a restore

The only reason you'de need a card reader is if your Audrey is dead and you don't have a backup on CF. If you have a CF dedicated to Audrey and make sure you always keep a good image on it, you don't need a reader. Save your money and maybe spend it on another CF.

03-27-2002 08:04:58

New MessageRE:What Compact Flash Reader/Writer should I buy tomorrow??? (modified 0 times) dilligaf
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I have to agree with jhd3rd.

The only thing I'd add is before the backup and restore, you have to do the devb-cf command.

You said you have a CF card with an image on it. I am assuming the image has shell access and the ability to mount either Windows or Linux shares. Just flash Audrey and you have a CF reader/writer.

dill

03-27-2002 13:50:43

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