[Peeweelinux] Re: compact flash woes

[Ralph Stickley]

The IDE interface does not look like it would support hot swap. Each
IDE device must be reset and configured before it can be used.  Not
normally done except at power-up.

The CF will not be harmed if plugged in hot - the ground pins on the
CF connector are longer and make connection first.

If you leave it installed, it works great - and it should always be
the cheapest flash available.

Good luck,
Ralph


--- Steven Merrifield <smerrifield@tecom.com.au> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have no experience with CF yet, but I want to get started. Are
> the
> problems
> with the CF-IDE adapters due to people hot-swapping them? What if I
> *only*
> insert or remove the CF when the power is off? Am I still likely to
> have
> problems? Is this what others have done, or are you
> inserting/removing when 
> the power is applied?
> 
> Many thanks,
> steve
> 
> 
> >Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:48:02 -0500 (CDT) 
> 
> >I have used the CF-IDE adapter quite successfully for installing
> syslinux
> >on a DOS formatted CF card. However, formatting a CF using the
> CF-IDE
> >adapter using linux fdisk seems to have its problems. 
> >
> >The trouble is very specific to using fdisk and the CF-IDE
> adapter. Once 
> >the partitions are done I have never had a problem with the CF-IDE
> 
> >adapter. I.e. running mke2fs, mkdosfs, lilo, syslinux, etc all
> works fine. 
> >
> >I have not come across any CF-IDE adapters that are hotswap yet. 
> 
> 
> 
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