[Soekris] 4511 using FreeBSD boot from CF

[Andrew]

As a followup,

I could not get 5.1 to work properly with the CF. NO matter what I 
tried (which I am sure wasn't everything) after freebsd booted, I 
always got the error when /bin/sh was started.  I tried different Cf's 
and all.

So out of curiosity, I installed 4.8, rebuillt the kernel using the 
same options, installed everything on the CF and it worked just fine 
with one exception.

I had a ide 5gb drive plugged into the pcmcia slot of the 4511. On 5.1 
it recognized the drive and performed initialization. However, on 4.8 
it doesn't recognize the drive. Looking in the version notes, 4.10 and 
later included 32 bit cardbus support.

Question is it because 4.8 doesn't have cardbus support it won't work 
with the pcmcia ide drive?

Question things are working so well on 4.8 how hard is it to install 
the drivers for the pcmcia ide drive or should I once again try and 
install everything using 4.10 which has cardbus 32 bit support.

thanks in advance

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