Re: CompactFlash IDE - not recognized

For one of the adapters, I tried the various ways.. it had a jumper on it
that was easy to manipulate. But now that you said that, I did not try
changing master/slave with the second adapter... I am not sure how on the
second adapter I change master/slave... I'll have to figure that out and
give that a shot.

Good idea on the Linux.. I may try this as well.. I have a few different
Linux versions here (messed around with my DTivos a couple years back) and
there are some Linux digital picture frames out there.

FYI, the said adapters are
http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/products_id/337 and another I
purchased from an eBay vendor
:http://cgi.ebay.com/Compact-flash-to-44-pin-IDE-Hard-Drive-Adapter-Laptop_W0QQitemZ250059144989QQihZ015QQcategoryZ41993QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250059144989


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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