[Soekris] Choosing Compact flash (Was: Memory upgrade)

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For what it is worth, here is a measurement done on a 5501 running Gentoo Linux:

leopold ~ # hdparm -tT /dev/hda

/dev/hda:
 Timing cached reads:   390 MB in  2.01 seconds = 194.14 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:   34 MB in  3.14 seconds =  10.82 MB/sec
leopold ~ # hdparm -tT /dev/hdb

/dev/hdb:
 Timing cached reads:   388 MB in  2.00 seconds = 194.03 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:   72 MB in  3.05 seconds =  23.60 MB/sec
leopold ~ #

hda is a 8 GB SanDisk Ultra II. It is spec'ed to 10 MB/s on the package.
hdb is a 80 GB Seagate SATA disk.

73,  Bent