[Soekris] hard disk & wifi card

[Breen Ouellette]

Jim Cromie wrote:
> no HD, but theres a $10 mounting kit which suspends it over the board.
> Dunno what happens if you also use a mini-pci, its close to interfering 
> with the HD mount
>   

Depending on what you install in the miniPCI slot it may or may not 
interfere with the HD. The vpn1411, for instance, fits just fine 
underneath the HD.

The biggest thing about an HD is that if it creates too much heat you 
will experience errors with your setup. I ended up cutting an 80mm hole 
in the top left of my case and attaching a low RPM fan to the _outside_ 
of the case for air intake (obviously no room inside). I drilled exhaust 
holes into the right side of the case, and the resulting airflow pushes 
cool air over the entire setup. My temperatures dropped more than 20 
degC on the CPU and HD sensors and my crashing and data errors disappeared.

I suggest you use a Seagate HD. As has been noted on this list, the 
Seagates tend to do better with being run 24/7. A lot of other brands 
will crap out with that kind of usage.

The great thing about having an HD is there is no more fussing around 
with CF write issues, probably the reason you are going this route. 
Since moving to a Seagate HD from 512MB CF my upgrades have been silky 
smooth.

Hope that helps.

Breeno