First post, by Paddan1000
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I'm thinking of fitting my DOS-computer with an "SSD" consisting of an IDE to Compact Flash adapter with a CF memory card in it.
The problem is that the computer refuses to boot from hard drives larger than slightly above 500 MB, no matter the size of the boot partition. I haven't been able to determine the exact hard drive limit, but I suppose it's because of the limits of CHS-addressing, even though the computer accepts larger disks than that as secondary storage devices.
The Compact Flash cards come in sizes like 128, 256, 512 MB, etc... According to Wikipedia the hard drive size limit for CHS is 504 MB, although there seems to be some complicated exceptions that perhaps my computer complies to. Does anyone have any experience of successuflly using a 512 MB Flash Disk in a 486 or older, or do I have to use a 256 MB card instead?