A500 with IDE compact flash

[kamiga]

I've got an A500 with an IDE Dataflyer.  I'd like to use an IDE to compact flash adapter.

I think a generic adapter will work, has anyone had luck with any specific vendor?  StarTech?  Order from newegg?

What did you do about power?

I would assume I need some type of mountlist entry or something for the OS(KS 3.0, WB 3.1) to recognize it.  Are there examples someplace for different size cards?

Any generic card should work?  1 or 2GB would suffice for my stuff.  Are these sizes ok?

Can I get a reasonable amount of usage off of a compact flash card in terms of the number of HD writes?  Is it pretty easy to exceed the specs on the cards?

Thanks for any help

Keith

[kamiga]

Thomas,

Thanks for the reply.

Good idea to use crossdos.  It's been almost 20 years since I have used it.  And of course, on floppies.

I'll have to figure out how to setup a mountlist for a compact flash card.  I haven't done this in awhile, but what the heck would I use for number of sectors, tracks, cylinders, etc etc etc  Obvious when it's a harddrive, but what about CF?

Keith