compact-flash/ide adapter

This is not the fault of the adapter.

The Compact flash cards do not know about master/slave, so it does not have code to run that way.

hamilton

I think he's looking for a adapter that has a master/slave jumper setting.

Like the third picture down here:

Does the slave jumper really work ??

Can you have a master thats a hard drive or another CF adapter ??

The ones I have used in the past did not do that correctly.

hamilton

Hamilton - do you know where the compact-flash cards are deficient? I'm guessing they could simply ignore the drive bit in the drive/head register or be unaware of the SPSYNC/CSEL line that, if not used for spindle syncronization, can provide an inter drive communication about which is slave & which is master. Just guessing though; if you have a more clear understanding, it would be appreciated.

Hul

hamilt> > comp.arch.embedded

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Yes, but one important thing - The CF must be marked as a "Fixed disk" type, and support the ATA standard. A lot of the CF out there is for use in cameras, and will not master/slave properly. We use the Transcend industrial CF media.

I do not know the specific details.

I have tried this as a master and as a slave with hard drives and it did not work.

By them selves it worked in the master slot only.

hamilton