[SunHELP] CompactFlash in Sun PCMCIA

[Brian Hechinger]

> I'm using a Compact Flash card in a PCMCIA cradle with a SPARCstation
> 10 and SBus-PCMCIA adaptor (and latest patches 2.6). Mounting the         
> card with the command:
>
> mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c1d1s0:c /mnt                             

i have the same setup on my sparc20. but i use:

mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c2d0p0 /pcmem/pcmem0

> Is fine. Trouble is that files don't copy from the compact flash 
> properly. The machine hangs momentarily and the kernel gives the            
> message:
> 
> ?ATA_SEND_DATA - NOT READY^M
> 
> The file (not always the same one) eventually gets copied. However,           
> copying the file multiple times to local hard disc and diffing
> gives differences (i.e. the file is corrupted in transfer).     

i had all sorts of trouble using c2d1s0:c but c2d0p0 works very well for me.

-brian