Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:11:03 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] CF Card & Libretto
Tony Oresteen wrote: > > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:20:01 -0500 > From: "Tony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: CF Card & Libretto > > A tip & a question. > > Tip: I've been using a Compact Flash card to move data from my desktop to my > Libretto. I use a CF to PCMCIA adapter in the Libretto 100CT and a CF USB > reader on my desktop. > > For $75 I bought a new SanDisk 1 GB CF card from B&H Photo NY. You can copy > an entire cd-rom to the CF card and then copy it to the HD in the LIBRETTO > without needing to haul an external CD-ROM drive. Use a USB 2.0 CF reader if > you can (My home readed is USB 2.0, my work readed is USB 1.1. Big > difference!!!) > > Question: > > If I leave the CF in the Libretto and re-boot Windows 98, Windows 98SE > crashes. I remove the CF card, reboot and all is fine. Once Windows is > booted I can insert the CF card and Win98 sees it just fine. I've tried it > with CF cards that are 64mb, 128mm, 512mb, and 1 gb. Same problem. Windows > 98 won't boot with the CF card in place. > > The message I get is that there is a problem with the STACKS and to increase > it. No mater what I do with the STACKS command in the CONFIG.SYS file Win98 > crashes on boot with a CF card inserted into the PCMCIA slot. > > Any ides? Tried it here on a L110 with a 96 MB CF card I use for my digicams. Win98 boots fine.... However, this CF card is formatted FAT16 (only newer digicams format or even support CF cards formatted FAT32). Perhaps FAT32 makes a difference? Re suggestions: I can't imagine it is due to STACKS. In fact, my CONFIG.SYS contains only DEVICE=PANNING.SYS FILES=80 and AUTOEXEC.BAT contains: SET TEMP=C:\TEMP SET TMP=C:\TEMP + some environment strings for OpenWatcom. Those are really all the "working" statements. What's the BIOS setting for the PCMCIA/Cardbus slots? Here it set to "Auto". Philip NB: I'll unsubscribe from this list for a few weeks due to a stay abroad w/o email (the mail space on my ISP's POP server will rapidly fill up with spam anyway...)
