44 pin IDE to SD Adapter

[pyrre]

I have this][url=http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19031]this[/URL] and it works like a charm.
A bit tricky to set up, but works nice when done.

I used HDToolbox from os 3.9 cd.

[pyrre]

Avoid the adapter that you linked. I have the same since I wanted to try it but I figured out that it doesn't work as intended. First of all it's slower than the CF solution and most important it supports MAX 2GB of SD card. Everything larger than 2GB and either the system won't boot or card isn't recognised from 3.9 HDToolBox.
Pyrre's adapter in the link is totally different and since he stated he tested it... you should go in that path if you need an SD card as opposed to CF.

Imho CF is better in every aspect (than the price ofc), since it doesn't use any conversion nor any chip to drive it. It's an 1-1 IDE replacement which makes it very compatible.

SD converters tends to be more complex than CF converters.
The SD-IDE card i have works nice with both SD and MMC cards. however. i doubt it will take cards larger than 2 gig.
I have only tested with 0.5 and 1 gig mmc and 0.5 gig SD so far....
But like i said, they were a bit tricky to set up at first.
I would recommend CF adapters any day...

[pyrre]

i have that! tried to get it to work with my A500 and adide.. it was a not go! I tried with a 512 meg and a 1 gig card.. any tips?

lost

I struggled a lot to get the IDE-SD adapter to work.... A LOT.
I used the boot disk/install disk from os 3.9 cd and its HDToolbox.
After i got it to show in hdtoolbox i was able to partition the sd/mmc cards and format them.
After that i have had no problems using them.
However, this was in my A1200. i do not have IDE in a 500 or A2000. yet.

In my pc it showed up instantly. and it might have been because i formatted it as a pc harddrive first before i tried it in A1200. Might be worth a try.