Not sure if this will work or not. I remember reading something about HDD cache causing an issue, and I know drive size is a concern. I have 2 systems right now. A Dell GX1 500mhz PIII with A BX440 PIIX4e, and a XPS B1000 1000mhz PIII With an i820. I haven't tested these machines yet beyond bios and post. I don't have the hard drives yet.

The GX1 is UDMA33. I think what I'm going to do is install run DOS on the GX1 with a 2GB CompactFlash adapter. I'm pretty sure the XPS I'm has UDMA66 but it could be a 100 controller. On the XPS I was thinking about running windows 98SE using a PCI SATA card and maybe using like a 128MB SSD.

I don't think I'll run into any issue with DOS and the Compact Flash it seems like a lot of people have done it that way. What are your guys thoughts on the SATA/SSD setup? Will I run into any issues? I know the drives are going to be heavily throttled over the PCI bus or the ATA controller but I really want to put new hard drives in these things if I can. Reliability of a 15 year old HDD is my main concern.