On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:27:04 +0000 (UTC) Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> On 2010-03-30, Duncan Patton a Campbell <campb...@neotext.ca> wrote: > > I've got a cf card running as a secondary drive on a Sparc Ultra 5 > > (Sparc64), > > but have not been able to get it to boot. The cf/ide plug I am using has no > > master/slave/cs sets and a microprocessor on it as well, which leaves me > > suspicious > This thing sposedly does several kinds of memory cards:CF, MMC, MS, SD. That should have been my first clue, as she used to say. > Microprocessor seems rather unlikely, I have at least 4 types > of CF/IDE converter and never seen this..I do have one with > a voltage regulator (a small IC), maybe this is what you're > thinking of as a microprocessor? No, there's two ICs and no external regulator (probly part of the scc) KTC-FC1306T Single Chip Controller && Winbond w39f010p-70B 128K Flash And yes, there's no @$!# m/s jumper. I'm into return mode now. Just for the record this thing is a Syba SY-IDE2MC-4A IDE to Memory Card Adapter for CF/MMC/MS/SD Cards and while I'd hesitate to call it junk I do now note the weasel words that it "Support standard true IDE mode Host Interface". Just WTF a standard true IDE is as apposed to your regular, everyday IDE I don't know. But whatever it is Sun and Syba don't agree on it. Dhu > > You're unlucky to have one without a header to select Master/Slave > - this is just a 2-pin header, one connected to pin 39 on the CF, > the other to ground; short the two together (e.g. with a jumper) > to set Master; leave them unconnected to set "whatever the cable > is set as" (these are usually marked 'slave' on the adapter but > this isn't quite correct...) > > But maybe it's just connected straight through to the cable, > in which case, assuming a CS-capable IDE cable, maybe all you > need to do is use the other connector...
