View source for Flash drive test results

Results of attempts to use various flash media as drives in Macs.  Other media types can be included (ie IDE on SCSI adapters, etc.)

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! Flash type !! Brand !! Model !! Size MB !! DMA/ UDMA !! Adapter !! Adapter !! Port !! Mac !! OS !! Seen <ref>In device table, SCSI Probe, System Profiler, Drive Setup, on desktop - anywhere really</ref> !! OEM data <ref>As shown in Apple System Profiler or other hardware diagnostic</ref> !! Format !! Formatted with <ref>unless shown, version matches OS</ref> !! VM/ swap<ref>Due to reliability concerns, the use of consumer-grade flash as [[virtual memory]] or swap space is [http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=64733#64733| debated]</ref> !! Boot !! Note !! Links !! Tested by 
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| [[ATA_Flash]] [[PCMCIA|PC_Card]] || Cisco || - || 1000 || - || - || - || [[Cardbus]] <ref name="16bit?">Will try in a 16 bit slot and see if it helps (ie in a 1400)</ref>|| [[Macintosh_PowerBook_G3_1999|PB Lombard]] || [[OS X|10.2.8]] || Y || <ref>ASP v3.0.1: Model:TXN,PCI1210-00 Vendor:104c Device:ac1e</ref> || [[HFS+]] || [[Disk Utility]] || - || N<ref name="CiscoATA">Bad blocks, many failed installs, attempted repairs.  One apparently successful install: volume still not available in [[Startup Disk]].  Later; seen in SD, selected, system no found on reboot; reverts to OS X boot which crashes partway through.  reset-nvram required to restore normal OS X boot.  Reformatted with Drive Setup under OS 9.2.2, zero all data.  Drive now appears clean, but results are the same.  A blessed system folder, but not selectable from OS 9 Startup Disk CP.  It is selectable from OS X Startup Disk prefpane, but on reboot results are as before. My provisional conclusion is that this particular card had some bad blocks to begin with, but that this is not the ultimate problem; for unknown reasons PCMCIA ATA Flash is not bootable.</ref> || thanks [[User:coius|coius]]! || - || [[User:Bunsen|Bunsen]]
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| [[ATA_Flash]] [[PCMCIA|PC_Card]] || Cisco || - || 1000 || - || - || - || [[Cardbus]] <ref name="16bit?" />|| [[Macintosh_PowerBook_G3_1999|PB Lombard]] || [[OS 9|9.2.2]] || Y || <ref>ASP v2.6.3 PC Card 2 ID = 0 Hard drive Removable media:	No Vendor:	Seagate Revision number:	06.12.06 Product ID:	Flash 7.4.0</ref> || [[HFS+]] || [[Drive Setup]] || - || N<ref name="CiscoATA" /> || thanks [[User:coius|coius]]! || - || [[User:Bunsen|Bunsen]]
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| [[Compact Flash|CF]] || Kingston || Ultra 100x || 1024 || N || CF-PCMCIA Generic || PCMCIA-SCSI Adtron<ref name="Adtron PCMCIA-SCSI">[http://web.archive.org/web/20071212010442/http://www.adtron.com/products/Sdds.html Adtron SDDS Cardpak™] 3.5" PCMCIA card reader for SCSI bus.</ref> || [[SCSI]] || [[Macintosh LC 475|LC 475]] || [[Mac OS 8|8.1]] || Y || - || HFS || [[Disk Utility]] 10.5.6<ref name="DU1056">Disk Utility v. 10.5.6 ships with [[Mac OS X]] 10.4.11. To format the storage media with a recent version of Disk Utility provides smooth operation when data is exchanged between old an new systems by swapping media.</ref> || Y || Y || - || - || [[User:register|register]]
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| [[Compact Flash|CF]] || Kingston || Ultra 100x || 1024 || N || CF-PCMCIA Generic || - || [[PCMCIA]] || [[Macintosh Powerbook 1400|PB 1400]] || [[Mac OS 8|8.1]] + [[Mac OS 9|9.2.2]] || Y || -,<ref name="System Profiler with Mac OS 9.2.2/PB1400">Data obtained with Apple System Profiler v. 1.3.2. Apple System Profiler v. 2.6.3 crashes on a Power Book 1400 with Mac OS 9.2.2, but v. 1.3.2 is quite usable.</ref> || HFS+ || [[Disk Utility]] 10.5.6<ref name="DU1056"/> || Y || Y ||<ref name="auto eject prevention">To prevent auto eject of the PCMCIA card on shutdown/restart install Mac OS 8.1 directly onto the CF card, without driver update. Copy desired System version to the card, afterwards.</ref>|| - || [[User:register|register]]
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| [[Compact Flash|CF]] || Kingston || - || 128 || N || CF-2.5"IDE  Generic || - || internal [[IDE]] || [[Macintosh Powerbook 1400|PB 1400]] ||  [[Mac OS 8|8.1]] + [[Mac OS 9|9.2.2]] || Y || <ref>Type: harddisk, Bus: ATA Bus, ID: 0, Capacity: 122.2 MB, Vendor: Hitachi XX.V.3.3.0.0, Product ID: -, Revision: Rev. 0.00, Connection: ATA, Removable: N (in fact the medium IS marked as removable at boot time), Partitions: 1</ref>, <ref name="System Profiler with Mac OS 9.2.2/PB1400"/> || HFS+ || [[Disk Utility]] 10.5.6<ref name="DU1056"/> || Y <ref>In this setup I use the CF card exclusively for VM, to round out the inbuilt amount of DRAM. For this use it does not matter if the CF card is recognised properly at boot time as long as an appropriate driver is loaded during startup.</ref> || N || <ref>VM works, but drive is not cold bootable as it is not accepted by ROM driver. Hot boot after loading appropriate driver works, however, verified with Mac OS 8.1 install CD (version for PowerMac G3 beige desktop). </ref> || - || [[User:register|register]]
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| [[Secure Digital High Capacity|SDHC]] || Intenso || - || 4096 || N || SDHC-PCMCIA Delock<ref name="Delock SDHC-PCMCIA">[http://www.delock.com/produkte/gruppen/Card-Reader/PCMCIA_PC-Card_CardReader_33_in_1_91403.html Delock PCMCIA PC-Card CardReader], 16-Bit PC-Card, 33 in 1 CardReader</ref> || - || [[PCMCIA]] || [[Macintosh Powerbook 1400|PB 1400]] || [[Mac OS 8|8.1]] + [[Mac OS 9|9.2.2]] || Y || <ref>Type: PC Card, Bus: PC Card, ID: 0, Capacity: 3,7 GB, Vendor: Memory Card Adapter, Product ID: -, Revision: 67281306, Connection: ATA, Removable: Y, Partitions: 1</ref>, <ref name="System Profiler with Mac OS 9.2.2/PB1400"/> || HFS+ || [[Disk Utility]] 10.5.6<ref name="DU1056"/> || Y || Y ||<ref name="auto eject prevention"/>|| - || [[User:register|register]]
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| [[Compact Flash|CF]] || Kingston || Ultra 100x || 1024 || N || CF-PCMCIA Generic || PCMCIA-SCSI Adtron<ref name="Adtron PCMCIA-SCSI"/> || [[SCSI]] || [[Macintosh PPC G3 Desktop|G3 DT]] || [[Mac OS 8|8.1]] || Y || - || HFS+ || [[Disk Utility]] 10.5.6<ref name="DU1056"/> || Y || Y || - || - || [[User:register|register]]
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| [[Secure Digital High Capacity|SDHC]] || Intenso || - || 4096 || N || SDHC-PCMCIA Delock<ref name="Delock SDHC-PCMCIA"/> || PCMCIA-SCSI Adtron<ref name="Adtron PCMCIA-SCSI"/> || [[SCSI]] || [[Macintosh LC 475|LC 475]] || [[Mac OS 8|8.1]] || Y || - || HFS || [[Disk Utility]] 10.5.6<ref name="DU1056"/> || Y || Y || - || - || [[User:register|register]]
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| [[Compact Flash|CF]] || Jenoptik || - || 32 || N ||CF-SCSI Stratos<ref name="CF-SCSI Stratos">Stratos™ CF PowerMonster (2.5" CF-SCSI adapter, built to replace PowerBook SCSI drives, available with adapter to fit 50 pin IDC connectors when used instead of a 3.5" SCSI drive.</ref><ref> Boot time with this very slow CF card vs. stock 80 MB harddisk drive, the CF outperforms the HDD by far (CC with Sys. 7.5): 1'15" vs. 1'48" and 0'40" vs. 0'55" (extensions disabled).</ref> || ext. 2.5'' SCSI encl. LaCie<ref name="ext. 2.5'' SCSI encl. LaCie">LaCie PocketDrive, external 2.5" SCSI drive enclosure.</ref> || [[SCSI]] || [[Macintosh Color Classic|CC]] || [[System 7|System 7.5.5]] || Y || - || HFS || [[Drive Setup]] 7.3.5<ref name="Drive Setup patch">This copy of Drive Setup v. 7.3.5 was patched to support any attached SCSI drive, not only Apple branded drives.</ref> || Y || Y || <ref>The [[Macintosh Color Classic|CC]] in this setup recognises the CF device if initialised with this somewhat outdated driver. HDT 2 did not work. In case a machine does not properly detect a drive it is recommended to try a known working driver appropriate for the given Mac.  In some cases it might be necessary to apply a patch to the formatter software to support recent drives. </ref> || - || [[User:register|register]]
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| [[Compact Flash|CF]] || Jenoptik || - || 32 || N ||CF-SCSI Stratos<ref name="CF-SCSI Stratos"/><ref> Boot time with this very slow CF card vs. internal Toshiba MK2526FB (528 MB) harddisk drive, the CF outperforms the HDD by far: 1'00" vs. 1'30" (PB180 with fully fledged Sys. 7.1) and 0'20" vs. 0'28" (extensions disabled).</ref> || ext. 2.5'' SCSI encl. LaCie<ref name="ext. 2.5'' SCSI encl. LaCie"/> || [[SCSI]] || [[Macintosh PowerBook 180|PB180]] || [[System 7|System 7.1]] || Y || - || HFS || [[Drive Setup]] 7.3.5<ref name="Drive Setup patch"/> || Y || Y || <ref>The [[Macintosh PowerBook 180|PB180]] in this setup recognises the CF device if initialised with this somewhat outdated driver. HDT 2 did not work. In case a machine does not properly detect a drive it is recommended to try a known working driver appropriate for the given Mac.  In some cases it might be necessary to apply a patch to the formatter software to support recent drives. </ref> || - || [[User:register|register]]
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| [[Compact Flash|CF]] || Kingston || Ultra 100x || 1024 || N ||CF-SCSI Stratos<ref name="CF-SCSI Stratos"/><ref> Boot time with this fast CF card vs. internal Toshiba MK2526FB (528 MB) harddisk drive, the CF outperforms the HDD by far: 1'00" vs. 1'30" (PB180 with fully fledged Sys. 7.1) and 0'20" vs. 0'28" (extensions disabled). The CF card reads about 1/3 faster than the fast HDD. The result is exactly the same as for the much slower Jenoptik 32 MB CF card. In combined read/write access a good HDD like the Toshiba 528 MB still performs faster, about 1/5 compared to the Kingston CF card. </ref> || ext. 2.5'' SCSI encl. LaCie<ref name="ext. 2.5'' SCSI encl. LaCie"/> || [[SCSI]] || [[Macintosh PowerBook 180|PB180]] || [[System 7|System 7.1]] || Y || - || HFS || [[FWB Harddisk Toolkit|HDT]] 2.0 || Y || Y || <ref>The [[Macintosh PowerBook 180|PB180]] in this setup recognises the CF device if initialised with this somewhat outdated driver. Drive Setup 7.3.5 did not work. In case a machine does not properly detect a drive it is recommended to try a known working driver appropriate for the given Mac.  In some cases it might be necessary to apply a patch to the formatter software to support recent drives. </ref> || - || [[User:register|register]]
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