[clug] Buying CF/IDE adaptor from e-bay store (linux Digest, Vol 69, Issue 18, item 4)

[Chris Smart]

2008/9/15 Miles Goodhew <mgoodhew at gmail.com>:

>        * Get a "Plain" PATA IDE adaptor (which should be the cheapest), the
> SATA ones tend to have the really nasty PATA->SATA chips onboard (which are
> REALLY slow).

Thanks for this - that might explain my horrid performance.

-c