[Peeweelinux] CF card problem

Ken Emmons, Jr. [email protected]
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:06:50 -0400 

Currently I am using CF with compressed ramdrive. This works well but is RO. 

I am, however, mounting flash disk as read/write to save data, and then mounting back to RO. This works well for me. 

~Ken



>>> rok ostrovrsnik <[email protected]> 04/18 1:48 AM >>>
Hello

I am working with sandisk CF card and i have that problem. I want to 
know if anyone is using IDE adapter for CF card on target system in 
read-write mode. Because if i use CF as read-only then everything works. 
But if i use it as read-write i had problems because sometimes fsck 
finds problems and deletes some files from CF and my system becomes 
unusable.

Is this problem hapening because i used linux fdisk to create 
partitions? I saw that some have had that problem. if this is the 
problem does anyone know why is it happening?

Rok Ostrovrsnik

Ken Emmons, Jr. wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Did you try other flash cards witht he same setup? Just asking because I had problems witha  Kingston card in one system, but not the other. I tried Sandisk and it worked on both systems. Both computers used an IDE adapter. I am not sure if this helps, but give it a try if you haven't already.  
>
>~Ken
>
>  
>
>>>>rok ostrovrsnik <[email protected]> 04/17 9:23 AM >>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>I just want to know why it is not wise to use IDE adapters with CF
>cards. Why is fdisk causing troubles with CF cards?
>I have used IDE adapter on my computer and it worked fine for some time.
>But now i have problem. I cant format the CF card anymore. Sometimes i
>can get it working but only if i format it in windows and then format it
>again with fdisk. My project works fine for now but it is configured for
>  read-only operations. But i need at least 1 partition for storing some
>information in case that power fails. So if IDE adapters are only
>suitable for read-only how can i overcome that problem.
>
>Please i need some answers soon.
>Thanks in advance
>
>Rok Ostrovrsnik
>
>
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