PCMCIA cards for 8600 cores

[curtismo]

Getting ready to do upgrades to 5.0 on several 8600s. Release notes suggest using at least 256 Mb flash cards, but these days it may be easier to get 1 Gb PCMCIA flash cards. Anyone with any brand experience or issues with certain sizes? Upgrading both 8691SF and 8692SF cores.

 

[DaddyOfThree]

I've already asked our Nortel sales engineer but I haven't gotten a response yet. If I get a response I'll let you know.

I don't believe there are many PCMCIA cards left out there so our choices might be limited.

Cheers!

 

[curtismo]

Called out Nortel engineer; he says he uses CF cards and PCMCIA adapter without problems.

 

[anthonyanderberg]

I've been using Lexar PCMCIA to Compact Flash converters and then compact flash cards in various sizes for quite a few years without issues in 8691s and 8692s. 512MB is the biggest I've used to date.

 

[DaddyOfThree]

Thanks for the information...

Our Nortel sales team is going to price the Nortel 512Mb PCMCIA card but I'm sure it will be cheaper to look elsewhere.

Cheers!

 

[curtismo]

What I ended up doing was:

1 GB Kingston CF cards
Edge Compact Flash PCMCIA adapters

Works! And much cheaper than finding similar PCMCIA flash cards.