[Soekris] Correct 4801 CompactFlash?

[Jan Hoevers]

Hans Zaunere wrote on 26-12-2007 22:25:
> I have the 4801 and a SanDisk Extreme III compact flash (2gb), using
> pfsense.  I've had a lot of problems with it, seemingly i/o issues where
> pfsense can't write or read what it needs.  Upon first installation,
> everything is fine, but then the system quickly has issues.
> 
> I'm figuring it's because I don't have the right type of compact flash card
> in the system.  However, I'm having a difficult time trying to determine
> what the correct type is.  Does anyone have any recommendations for the
> correct CF card to use with the 4801 (either 1gb or 2gb would be fine).

I'm running pfsense on a 4801 too and had the same sort of DMA problems.
Note that pfsense only needs a 128 Mb CF.
Using an older (and smaller) CF without DMA is an easy workaround.
Performance is unaffected, pfsense hardly uses the CF (except for
booting of course). In my case a 512 Mb Kingston works fine.

Jan Hoevers