I was hopeful that I might gain some disk speed improvement, but with the current CF card I have that looks like it may not be so.

Still, an 8GB drive beats 2GB!

I have a PCMCIA--> CF adapter and will install the system (think I will go with 8.6) and boot from that before I disassemble the 3400c.

When I'm done, I'll post up some pics.

Thanks for the advice Byrd.