Compact Flash as a hard drive

[nitrogen_widget]

I wouldn't be too concerned about the reliability of the CF card. I've had a linux server running of a 2GB CF card for about a year, until a few days ago that is, when the 2.5" data drive decided to die.... The CF card with the OS is still fine though

The only thing I changed compared to a normal installation was turning off the swap partition.

I'm starting to come to that conclusion also.
If I can limit the standard XP writes it should last for a while.

[gazoo]

Here you go Brian: http://www.mini-box.com/VIA-EPIA-PX10000-Pico-itx

I don't think you'll be running pvrx2 at 1080i on this though!

[bgowland]

Here you go Brian: http://www.mini-box.com/VIA-EPIA-PX10000-Pico-itx

I don't think you'll be running pvrx2 at 1080i on this though!

Thanks. It was mostly out of curiousity as I don't have any spare cash for the project at the moment anyway.

As for HD - the future of UK HD (at least the free OTA HD) has basically gone sideways. Most free digital here is 576i and will probably stay that way (maybe some 720p in the future).

I hadn't come across this form-factor but I'll keep an eye on it for future developments (and price drops).

Cheers,
Brian

[pBS]

get the hard drive in a cf card type and you'll never have to worry about writes!
i have a tiny 8gig cf that's actually a hard drive inside it, it works just like a hard drive, and no write problems like memory types..and fast too!
i've been using it as a portable hard drive for diag. utils for over a year now..

this way you don't have to do anything weird, just format, install windows and you're good to go..[use a cf-ide adapter obviously]
but make sure it's a hard drive type..some big ones aren't..
[you can hear it spin and it's heavier]