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Compact Flash to IDE adapters

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Praetor

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I'm looking to buy a CF-to-IDE adapter for a FreeNAS build that I'm starting but I'm getting confused.

Half of the auctions on ebay claim to be bootable adapters. I thought all IDE devices were bootable? Can I buy one that doesn't say it's bootable and boot an OS off of that?
 
Okay, simplified: Can you boot off of any device with an MBR on an IDE channel?
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I'm not aware of any reason you wouldn't be able to. CF essentially is an IDE interface, just with a different physical connector. The adapter does very little other than connect the pins properly.
 
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