[DuoList] Update on my PB2400c CompactFlash boot drive adventure (was Hard drive spin-up problem)

[Gary F. Daught]

Greetings. Thanks for all the assistance I received on my adventure  
adding a 1GB CompactFlash card as a boot drive on my PowerBook 2400c  
(180MHz 603e/80MB RAM/Mac OS 8.6/ORiNOCO Gold wireless card). I  
decided to erase my 1GB hard drive entirely, and it is currently  
serving mainly as a storage drive. I will probably reinstall a fresh  
OS and apps at some point, to have a backup. But it is kind of cool  
currently running the 'book off CF! I have dedicated 160MB of the  
card to Virtual Memory, but feel I still have plenty of space for my  
routine activities. I may just load-up the hard drive with mp3s. I  
can have all my key apps (IE, iTunes, IM, Word, and Accordance) open  
at once. I don't really notice any speed improvement on OS or  
application launch. But once open, everything feels pretty snappy. I  
am now looking into seeing what else I can trim from the system to  
speed-up booting and processing (e.g., extra fonts, QuickTime  
components, switching to Audion as someone suggested, etc.).

Gary Daught
gfdaught at charter.net