I believe there are multiple modes of CF cards and they don't necessarily
act exactly like IDE drives. See www.logicsupply.com - "*Note:* All of our
CompactFlash cards are formatted for fixed mode only."

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Donald MacQueen <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am trying to turn my 57) into a netbook by using a Cf card and an adapter
> like this one:
> http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad44midecf.asp
>
> Problem is that the 570 does not 'see' the CF card as a drive at boot time.
> I know the adapter and CF card are good because I used the same set to
> create a Linux boot on an HP laptop.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
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