After numerous configurations for permanaent storage...I finally went with an old fashioned hard drive. I did the usb booting thing, the ide to CF adapter thing, the standard XPE flash rom thing, and I find that for the fastest and cheapest method is the old fashioned hard drive, which works best.
So I cut a slot for the ribbon cable, mounted a 2 1/2" hard drive on the outside, popped off the decorative HP logo cover, fastened the hard drive to the plastic shell, reattached the inner metal bracket, and the reaffixed the logo cover to the hd itself using just a little silicone adhesive. Everything works well....
My total expenses:
T5720 $17
(used
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44pin IDE cable $3
(new
)
6gb 2 1/2" HD $5
(used
)
1gb SODIMM chip $8
(used
)
a/c adapter $7
(used
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Total costs: $40 for a 1gHz full working XP desktop in tiny thin client case....
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