using an sd or cf card as a scratch disk?

[drunken_boxer]

does anyone know if it is possible to use an sd or cf card as a scratch disk in a pocket pc? i am thinking along the lines of the way that photoshop can use a separate harddisk as a scratch disk.

how about a microdrive?

any idea if ms windows mobile 2003 premium supports fat32 (files over 2gb)?

thanks for any thoughts/comments/suggestions.

[drunken_boxer]

does anyone know if it is possible to use an sd or cf card as a scratch disk in a pocket pc? i am thinking along the lines of the way that photoshop can use a separate harddisk as a scratch disk.

how about a microdrive?

any idea if ms windows mobile 2003 premium supports fat32 (files over 2gb)?

thanks for any thoughts/comments/suggestions.

[Janak Parekh]

But... what program needs to use the removable media as a scratch disk?

--janak

[drunken_boxer]

well, i am curious as to whether a program that uses a lot of ram or scratch disk space such as photoshop (v4) could run on a pocket pc. i don't own a pocket pc (yet), but i want to know if such things are possible before i buy one, or if i should wait until they are.

thanks for the reply.

[Kati Compton]

Originally Posted by drunken_boxer

well, i am curious as to whether a program that uses a lot of ram or scratch disk space such as photoshop (v4) could run on a pocket pc. i don't own a pocket pc (yet), but i want to know if such things are possible before i buy one, or if i should wait until they are.

Is this because you want to write such a program, or because you just need a graphics program? There are a few out there, if that's the case. Pocket Artist comes to mind.

[meck]

Just wondering if this might not be wise due to the number of write/rewrite cycles on flash memory? Would using flash as a scratch disk like this reduce the life of the card?