[Soekris] The CF Master/Slave Issue on the 5501

[Bob Camp]

Hi

The master / slave thing has been going on for a long time. I suspect  
that if there was an easy fix it would be gone by now.

The source of the problem seems to be the way the card reports it's  
self to the BIOS. The BIOS is simply doing what the card tells it to do.

Bob


On Oct 28, 2007, at 9:20 AM, gavrik peterson wrote:

> I just purchased a Transcend Compact Flash card for my net5501 (my  
> first Soekris machine) and was disappointed that it was detected as  
> 'slave'. I tried two other CF cards and found that a U-Tek is also  
> detected as slave. Only the Sandisk card was detected as master. All  
> these cards are detected as master when placed in a CF reader.
>
> This problem came up with the 4801 and was discussed in 2004 by  
> Soren here:
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.soekris.technical/6510
>
> Why does this problem exist with 5501? Is there some good reason to  
> initialize the ATA devices in a way that requires such a specific  
> response from CF cards? Is this something that can be fixed with a  
> BIOS revision?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Gavrik (Seattle, USA)
>
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