From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 17 15:46:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15BBC37B401; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:46:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from isber.ucsb.edu (research.isber.ucsb.edu [128.111.147.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8DD143EA9; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:46:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from randall@isber.ucsb.edu) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=research.isber.ucsb.edu) by isber.ucsb.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #2) id 18ORPm-000DsE-00; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:46:18 -0800 Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:46:18 -0800 (PST) From: randall ehren To: Cc: , Subject: compact flash use Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Scanner: exiscan *18ORPm-000DsE-00*8dU32reYf/6* (ISBER - Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, i was testing out a compact flash to ide adapter for use in a freebsd box. it seems that the device will not work when the disk is formatted with UFS or whatever the default type freebsd uses. i have tested the adapter under windows xp and formatted the card as fat32. all went well. i then rebooted back to freebsd and was able to use the card just fine when i mounted it using mount_msdos. but after reformatting to UFS the card failed to work. once formatted i am able to mount the card just fine. i can create files on it and even make directories. but when i go to copy a bunch of files to it using cpio, cp, or cpdup (from ports) it does the following: ad3: timeout waiting for DRQ - resetting ata1: resetting devices.. the machine is then pretty much frozen for a good 15 minutes, then it resumes operation but the CF device cannot be used again. i can't even do simple operations on it like mkdir. the converter i have is: http://www.idot.com/TheStore/Desktop/687Spec.asp?Product.id=687&Cate.id=11&Product.status=green and i have tried both a type I (8meg) and type II (320meg) card. any ideas as to why it functions just fine when formatted as fat32 but not UFS? thanks much, -randall -- :// randall s. ehren :// voice 805.893.5632 :// systems administrator :// isber|survey|avss.ucsb.edu :// institute for social, behavioral, and economic research To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message