Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:47:41 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org> To: "Albert Boeve" <talbytech@southernphone.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Seagate 4GB ATA-CF drive on IDE bus won't work Message-ID: <539c60b90612111747m4a794170x16fe58d54f7e5eee@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c71c2a$d4ea5680$0600a8c0@AlbertNotebk1> References: <000001c71c2a$d4ea5680$0600a8c0@AlbertNotebk1>
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I have a microdrive that's finicky also. Seems the problem is it's a 1.8Vcard, which is not standard (standard appears to be 5V or 3.3V). It will not work, period, in a CF<->IDE converter, or in a PCMCIA<->CF converter. It works fine, however, in *some* USB card readers, namely the cheapo ones off ebay, but not the expensive ones I bought at the local office supply store. I suspect that is the problem, at least it was for me. Steve On 12/10/06, Albert Boeve <talbytech@southernphone.com.au> wrote: > > I want to install Freebsd 6.2 onto a seagate 4GB compact flash microdrive. > > Neither FreeBSD 6.1 or 6.2-RC1 installers seem to detect the ATA-CF card > on > the bus; although NetBSD was able to be installed on the drive and works > OK. > > I have tried installing the drive as ata0 master in two different > machines; > both times NetBSD is able to boot off the drive -ie the hardware is > working > fine - however the FreeBSD insaller does not detect the drive. > > Fitting the microdrive in a working FreeBSD machine as ata1 master does > not > give any further debug info - no dmesg, sysctl seems to log the attachment > as failing, although it is detected by BIOS as ST64022CF. > > FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 #0: Thu Nov 16 05:12:08 UTC 2006 > root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > > # atacontrol list > ATA channel 0: > Master: ad0 <QUANTUM FIREBALLP KA6.4/A42.0400> ATA/ATAPI revision > 4 > Slave: no device present > ATA channel 1: > Master: no device present > Slave: acd0 <201H> ATA/ATAPI revision 0 > > > NetBSD atactl gives: > > NetBSD 3.0.1 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Jul 13 23:43:47 UTC 2006 > > # atactl wd0 identify > Model: ST64022CF, Rev: 3.02, Serial #: 4NW03XLS > Device type: ATAPI, removable > Device capabilities: > DMA > LBA > IORDY operation > Command set support: > NOP command (enabled) > READ BUFFER command (enabled) > WRITE BUFFER command (enabled) > look-ahead (enabled) > write cache (enabled) > Power Management feature set (enabled) > SMART feature set (enabled) > FLUSH CACHE command (enabled) > Advanced Power Management feature set (enabled) > CFA feature set (enabled) > > Is there a simple fix to make FreeBSD ata recognize the drive? > > NB there is a simmilar question about using the same card in a pccard > adapter, > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-March/061937.html > which appears to have been resolved? > > Thank You > > Regards, Albert > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089
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