[SPARCbook] SPARCbook and CompactFlash Card

[Stephen Martin]

Jan Klingel wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Last night I found out that CompactFlash cards from digital cameras work
> in my SPARCbook 3GX. You get an adapter for $9.50 (called PCMCIA type II
> adapter), plug everything into the PCMCIA slot and mount the "hard
> drive":
> 
> mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c1d1p0:1 /mnt
> 
> This is for the upper PCMCIA slot. Now you have access to all the great
> pictures from the camera. The PCMCIA driver his hot-plugable and you
> don't need to reboot the notebook.
> 
> Hope this will help somebody.

Just wanted to report success on this, I picked up an adapter on the
way home tonight and was able to mount and access my 32M disk. The only
down side is that the sparcbook makes noises like it is running it's
hard drive constantly. Might be hard on the battery :(

Sparcbook 3GX Solaris 2.6

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