From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 20 16:11:40 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 AC8A737B406 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:11:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from isber.ucsb.edu (research.isber.ucsb.edu [128.111.147.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B34E143EDC for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:11:35 -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 18PXEh-0006Yt-00; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:11:23 -0800 Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:11:21 -0800 (PST) From: randall ehren To: "J. Seth Henry" Cc: Subject: RE: compact flash use In-Reply-To: <20021218095640.O50604-100000@whitetower.gambrl01.md.comcast.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Scanner: exiscan *18PXEh-0006Yt-00*L1osTl8qQN2* (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 > 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? this was exactly the problem. the adapter i had included a chipset to make the device act as removable media. i have since purchased and installed: http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/display_product.cfm?product_id=21 all is well now: root@fw-1[~]% dmesg | grep ad ad1: 307MB [624/16/63] at ata0-slave PIO4 and as a sidenote, setting up freebsd to use rc.diskless2 was a breeze. -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