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Compact Flash Cards on IA-1 (modified 0 times) MeMyselfAndI Profile Hi @. I bought a IA-1 from ebay with QNX on the 16mb flash and a 64mb flash card booting DOS (from w98). While playing around with it I deleded the QNX partition on the internal flash and wanted to install DOS and some DOS utilities. (wanted to install Windows on an external Flash Card because of the free usb connector on my cable modem) But, all the sudden the 64mb flash card died somehow. It is recognized by the IA-1 but I can't access it. On the other hand I have a 128mb flash card that works fine under Win98 and WinXP but I can't get it to boot on the IA-1. This 128mb card is not recognized @ all by the IA-1 while booting the hardware. It seems that there are some issues with different Flash Cards, but I don't know if it's the size or the brand. The 64mb Flash Card is from "Lexar", the 128mb card is from "bsa". Now I have a 64mb Flash Card that is recognized by the IA-1 but I can't access it (neither under Win98/WinXP), and I have a 128mb Flash Card that is not recognized by the IA-1 but I can access it under Win98/WinXP. Strange isn't it? I Could buy another Flash Card (256mb would be great) but I don't know if it's recognized by the IA-1. The cost range is from $75 for a "Simpletec" to $140 for a "Sandisk". Does anybody have another idea to solve the problem? BTW: Every time while booting the IA-1 the error message # 162 came up. Figured out it was a empty battery. The former owner must have used the paperclip reset method to often. Changed the battery with a 1220 type and a battery holder for it. After some days the same error message came up, the battery was empty again. I looked to the board and saw that one diode was cracked. So this stupid paperclip reset method destroys a diode because of the high current running through. OK soldered in a new diode in (SOD-323 package) and the hardware seems to work now. Except for the Flash Card problem mentioned above. 01-18-2003 15:33:16

RE:Compact Flash Cards on IA-1 (modified 0 times) shadowsunrise Profile Yeah, I never did the paperclip hack, I took the time to remove that grill-thing and use a proper jumper. I've had no trouble with my 32MB SanDisk CF card. However, I'm not sure your problem is with the brand of CF... Did you fdisk the 128mb card? Did you set the partition bootable? Even if you format /s under win98, I think it requires that you set the bootable flag in the partition table. Give that a shot if you haven't yet. dont panic 01-20-2003 12:29:07

RE:Compact Flash Cards on IA-1 (modified 0 times) MeMyselfAndI Profile Yes I made it bootable. Tried Ranish, Fdisk, XFdisk ... The point is that when the IA-1 starts it shows this with the 64MB card which is damaged: The following configuration options were automatically updated Disk 1: 15[MB] Disk 3: 61[MB] With the 128MB Card it shows: The following configuration options were automatically updated Disk 1: 15[MB] As you can see no Disk 3 is recognized. That's why I think it has something to do with the CF card itself Thanks for yuor help, it's truly appreciated. 01-20-2003 21:39:47

RE:Compact Flash Cards on IA-1 (modified 1 times) shadowsunrise Profile ok, i see now... yeah, i actually had that happen with one of my CF, it still worked in my PDA and laptop just fine... I'd try repartition/set bootable your CF, then 'format /s' it (I used win98 and a pcmcia cf adapter that shows up in win98 as a harddrive (non removable))... at least, that seemed to get mine working again. If that doesn't work, I'd say go get a 64MB CF if you just need something for dd or dolly'ing images onto the 16MB internal. Or, if you need more, I'd say go for the SanDisk just to be safe. Or at least a Lexar or Fuji. dont panic 01-21-2003 11:16:32

RE:Compact Flash Cards on IA-1 (modified 1 times) MeMyselfAndI Profile Wanted to keep you posted on my problem I had, maybe it helps somebody... Not every CF-Card is able to boot. Some are not recognized by the IA-1 bios @ all. If you stick a CF-Card in the slot and you see this (or any other value for Disk 3, depending on your CF-Card): Disk 1: 15[MB] Disk 3: 61[MB] than you have a bootable CF-Card. If > Disk 3: #[MB] < doesn't appear, you have a unbootable CF-Card. I have a CF-Card from "bsa" which is NOT BOOTABLE. Because of this I bought a "Memorex" with 256MB and it's working fine. My thoughts on this is that a CF-Card works like a ATA hard disk. Every hard disk has a firmware (bios) for the controller on it. So does a CF-Card, there is a kind of firmware too. My "Memorex" is recognized by Win98 as a "Samsung ATA/ESDI device". Conclusion: Cheap CF-Cards could have some limitations in the firmware build in. BTW: Tried to install Win95-OSR2.5 (copied all needed parts from the CD) made the Sandisk DOS bootable, and installed Win95 on the remaining place on the CF. Booted in 30s (from the power plug-in) with the Trident Super VGA driver from the Win95 CD (800x600) - but I didn't got all the usb system (found VIA drivers on the net) working properly (which I need for my Cable modem). Does anybody have a Win95-OSR2.5 installation on his IA-1 or should I switch to Win98SE ? Forgot to mention: I would love to install Linux on my IA-1 but didn't find drivers for my Motorola USB Cable modem. Is there a driver somewhere ? 02-03-2003 16:09:38

RE:Compact Flash Cards on IA-1 (modified 0 times) coughcoughhack Profile Did you get any of the USB functionality working? If so, could you share exactly what you did? I mainly need the USB support for my 3com ethernet adapter and logitech mouse. Thanks! 04-25-2003 19:48:39

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