Re: CompactFlash IDE - not recognized

Kapp wrote:


First, please explain what this post is doing in comp.os.linux.embedded


You don't think someone in this forum may have the answer or thoughts on a
CF/IDE question? This is not XP driven. I know folks out there are doing
Linux on CF as well. Maybe they have an answer and maybe it will lead me
to doing this in Linux instead.

So, with the first part done, do you have any ideas or answers to share?

Yes. Is the adapter configured as master or slave? Some old laptops does not
look for at a master and expects only a slave drive.

The adapter is a passive piece of hardware, but even so i heard of adapters
that just wouldn't boot, so it might be a problem in the hardware design.
You might want to try booting the laptop from a Linux floppy (any kind,
only limited userspace tools like cat required) with the CF card connected
and see if it finds it. Linux doesn't use BIOS data to identify drives.

--
Lasse Jensen [fafler at g mail dot com]
Linux, the choice of a GNU generation.
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