Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:07:49 -0500 (EST) From: "J. Seth Henry" <jshenry@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, randall@ucsb.edu Subject: RE: compact flash use Message-ID: <20021218095640.O50604-100000@whitetower.gambrl01.md.comcast.net>
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Randall, I took a look at the adapter, and it appears to support multiple formats. This could be the source of your problem. I use a much simpler CF -> IDE adapter for programming FreeBSD images to CF devices for use in embedded systems. My adapter has an IDE header, CF slot and LED - that's it. CF devices can operate in true ATA mode. Perhaps your adapter is operating it in some other mode? Anyway, I have a copy of FreeBSD 4.7R booting from a CF card. I even NFS mounted the kernel source, and installed a new kernel last night. IOW - it should work. If it doesn't, I would tend to suspect your adapter. Unless you really need the other formats, I would go for an adapter that operates the CF device as a true ATA device. I got mine from Mesa. One thing to note, CF is not terribly fast. On my systems, it shows up as PIO1. It is also possible that the controller is getting hosed because your system is sending data too fast. Good luck, Seth Henry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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